Antimatter transported by CERN

[DrunkonDuty]

comes out to about 2.77 x 10-8 Joules of energy.

So... for the mathematically challenged... is that a lot?

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

So... for the mathematically challenged... is that a lot?

It's a super-small amount, from what I can tell.

 

[Morrus]

Since everything makes more sense with a meme.

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Fortunately in this case 92 antiprotons is smaller than a molecule. Nowhere near a gram. And if they exploded, the energy output would be like the tiniest firecracker.

 

[Older Beholder]

Fortunately in this case 92 antiprotons is smaller than a molecule. Nowhere near a gram. And if they exploded, the energy output would be like the tiniest firecracker.

So, no reason to be conCERNed then?

 

[dragoner]

One little bump, KABOOM!

 

[Umbran]

So... for the mathematically challenged... is that a lot?

It is about enough to raise one microgram of water one quarter of one percent of a degree Celcius, I think? I'm doing that math in my head, so I might be a bit off...

But... no. Not a lot.

 

[GMMichael]

This is a ghost trap. It is presumably not what they are using to transport the antimatter... or are they?

No, those are for transporting ectoplasm. In fact, a ghost trap looks a bit too large for 92 anti . . . Negatrons?

 

[Horwath]

Guess photon torpedoes will have to wait for a few years more....

 

[aco175]

I heard that the stuff never made it to the destination. Somehow it went away in the back of the truck.

 

[Tigris]

So... for the mathematically challenged... is that a lot?

Just to explain this a bit:

1 joule is the energy needed to lift 1 apple (of 100 grams) up by 1 meter.

The 10-8 means 10 to the power of -8 (10^-8).

So if you have 100 000 000 or 100 million times as much energy as the one mentioned there, you could lift 2.77 apples up by 1 meter.