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Offline alexanda

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is H+ the antimatter of H-?
« on: August 28, 2014, 07:48:12 AM »
Is that mean when the charge is opposite, they are matters and antimatters?

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Re: is H+ the antimatter of H-?
« Reply #1 on: August 28, 2014, 08:17:46 AM »
No. The antimatter counterpart to the proton (H+) is the antiproton, which is like a proton but with a negative charge. H- is not an antiproton but a hydride ion, a proton with two electrons (isoelectronic with the He atom) with an overall charge of -1. If you put H+ and H- together, you don't get annihilation, you get an H2 molecule.

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Re: is H+ the antimatter of H-?
« Reply #2 on: August 28, 2014, 10:26:42 AM »
Ok thx a lot!

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