Is antimatter science fiction and not science fact?

Answer 1

The concept of anti-matter is scientific fact. The quantity in the universe, and any ability to control such anti-matter has to date been the premise of many Science Fiction stories.

yes its scientific fact. basically, it's the opposite of matter. atoms have positively charged nucleus with negatively charged electrons flowing around it. anti matter is just the opposite. negatively charged positron in the nucleus, with positively charged anti protons moving around it.

Answer 2

1st Answer

No. Antimatter is the direct opposite of matter: the antimatter equivalent of electrons are positrons (electrons with a positive charge) and the antimatter equivalent of a proton is an antiproton (negative charge). Neutrons and antineutrons, being neutral are different not in charge, but in magnetism: antineutrons have the opposite magnetic moment (magnetic moment is another electromagnetic property). Antimatter is the opposite of matter.

2nd Answer

Yes. Antimatter has rest mass, so it is matter. The difference between ordinary matter and antimatter is just that some of the properties of the particles (notably electrical charges) have opposite sign.

This terminology is confusing: it makes the term "matter" ambiguous, and conveys a misleading impression that sometimes leads people to the misapprehension that antimatter might have negative mass. It is perhaps unfortunate that the terms "ordinary matter" and "antimatter" prevailed in usage over an earlier alternative: "terrene matter" and "counterterrene matter".

Answer 3

No. Antimatter is a kind of matter, in which certain properties are the opposite of normal matter. For example, the anti-proton has a negative charge instead of a positive charge; the anti-electron has a positive charge instead of a negative charge; some other properties are changed, too, in antimatter.

No. Antimatter is a kind of matter, in which certain properties are the opposite of normal matter. For example, the anti-proton has a negative charge instead of a positive charge; the anti-electron has a positive charge instead of a negative charge; some other properties are changed, too, in antimatter.

No. Antimatter is a kind of matter, in which certain properties are the opposite of normal matter. For example, the anti-proton has a negative charge instead of a positive charge; the anti-electron has a positive charge instead of a negative charge; some other properties are changed, too, in antimatter.

No. Antimatter is a kind of matter, in which certain properties are the opposite of normal matter. For example, the anti-proton has a negative charge instead of a positive charge; the anti-electron has a positive charge instead of a negative charge; some other properties are changed, too, in antimatter.

Answer 4

Yes. While it is possible, it is very expensive. A study in 1999 by NASA led to pricing antihydrogen at $62.5 trillion per gram. Some scientists claim it to be one of the costliest materials to make, as only a few antiprotons are produced in reactions in particle accelerators, and there is higher demand for other uses of the accelerators.

add. But positrons, the antimatter equivalent of electrons, are widely used in PET scans (Positron Emission Spectroscopy).

Answer 5

Its charges are reversed - the regular atom posses negatively charged electrons and positively charged protons.An antimatter atom would be consisted of positively charged electrons (positrons) and negatively charged protons (antiprotons).

Answer 6

Two things here.

One. Matter cannot be created or destroyed. That's one of the laws of physics. For this reason, Anti matter, which is just matter made of anti particles, also cannot be created..or destroyed.

Two. Antimatter has always existed, but no, we have not learned a way to harness it.

We can't harness or hold it but it can be used for things such as PET scans in hospitals. This is positron emission tomography and it works by detecting positrons, which are antiparticles, that are emmited by a radionuclide tracer.

Answer 7

No. Antimatter is a kind of matter, in which certain properties are the opposite of normal matter. For example, the anti-proton has a negative charge instead of a positive charge; the anti-electron has a positive charge instead of a negative charge; some other properties are changed, too, in antimatter.