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Science question: What happens if you shoot an antihydrogen atom into a mercury atom?
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September 6th, 2009
The alchemist’s dream: Would the result be gold and 4 photons? The idea would be antiproton and positron annihilation stealing one proton and electron from the mercury atom (an isotope with 118 neutrons). Would the energy of the 4 photons in some way damage the gold atom breaking it up? If not, would this technology allow us to recycle dangerous mercury?
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