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To: Chemist_Geek
just over four trillionths of a kWh.

Thanks for running the numbers. I figured that 50,000 hydrogen atoms (or protons, almost the same from a mass/energy standpoint) wasn't enough to even produce a noticeable "pop!", let alone something usefull.

63 posted on 09/18/2002 1:34:07 PM PDT by El Gato
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To: El Gato
I figured that 50,000 hydrogen atoms (or protons, almost the same from a mass/energy standpoint) wasn't enough to even produce a noticeable "pop!", let alone something usefull.

No, but I think that it's more than we have ever made at one time before, so it is a significant accomplishment.

When we manage to make 1.00 mg of anti-hydrogen, and assuming 100% efficiency in annihilation, then we'll be cooking. (180 GJ, or equivalently, 49.9 MWh...)

68 posted on 09/18/2002 2:24:19 PM PDT by Chemist_Geek
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