What happens when atoms collide?

Answer 1

No one knows...yet. The LHC (large hadron collider) will be telling us this, but we probably won't know any results until about 3 years from now. You can look up the LHC on any search engine and do a bit of research and conclude for yourself what you think will happen. It's like playing roulette. No one knows. But, to kind of get you started, here is a video that may spark your interest a little bit more.

http://www.YouTube.com/watch?v=j50ZssEojtM

Answer 2

Depending on the type of conditions of pressure present, Atoms that collide may produce differing results. Under normal pressure, they will form a bond to make hydrogen gas. Under conditions of high energy, the hydrogen gas will break up into individual hydrogen atoms. Higher energy conditions will rip the electrons off the nuclei and make a plasma. Highest pressure conditions may allow electrostatic rejection of the nuclei to be overcome, they will either bounce off or fuse.

Answer 3

When a proton and an anti-proton meet, they undergo what is called scattering. It is also possible that the pair will undergo what is called mutual annihilation. The entire mass of both particles will be converted into energy. The anti-proton is antimatter and is called the "anti-particle" of the proton, having the same absolute mass but an opposite, negative (-) charge. The elimination of both therefore satisfies the "conservation of charge".

This result applies to the collision of any anti-particles with their "ordinary matter" counterparts.

Answer 4

When a proton collides with an anti-proton, it is possible that the two particles might scatter. But they may also annihilate each other and liberate a burst of energy equivalent to their combined mass. Since they have the same mass, and the mass of a proton is 938 MeV/c2, their combined mass is 1976 MeV/c2. The annihilation liberates all the energy, and we can calculate this according to the formula, E=mc2, to E=1976MeV. This is equivalent to the energy given off by nearly ten uranium atoms undergoing fission. It will not boil a pot of water for tea, but at the atomic level, it is a lot of power.

Answer 5

It depends.

One possible result would be a neutron; neutrons decay into protons, electrons, and electron antineutrinos. So a proton and electron colliding with the proper amount of kinetic energy could potentially release an electron neutrino (this is needed for the physics to work out because of something called "conservation of lepton number") and become a neutron.

It's also possible that the proton would capture the electron and they'd form a hydrogen atom.

Answer 6

Energy is transfered from one atom to another.

Answer 7

repel each other because they are like charges

Answer 8

electron