alpha2cen Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 (edited) Let us think about this case. When there are anti-hydrogen and anti-deuterium, and there is a fusion reaction between them. Is it a exothermic reaction or endothermic reaction? For example hydrogen + Deuterium fusion------------> exothermic + Hydrogen + Anti-hydrogen fusion -----------> exothermic + Anti-hydrogen +Anti-deuterium fusion -----------> ??? Is Hydrogen + Anti-hydrogen fusion energy 2 m(hydrogen mass) C2 ? Edited January 18, 2011 by alpha2cen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Realitycheck Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 (edited) Let us think about this case. When there are anti-hydrogen and anti-deuterium, and there is a fusion reaction between them. Is it a exothermic reaction or endothermic reaction? For example hydrogen + Deuterium fusion------------> exothermic + Hydrogen + Anti-hydrogen fusion -----------> exothermic + Anti-hydrogen +Anti-deuterium fusion -----------> ??? Is Hydrogen + Anti-hydrogen fusion energy 2 m(hydrogen mass) C2 ? How do you propose to fuse matter and antimatter? I would think that they just annihilate and everything is converted to energy, with an extra particle released here and there, depending on the situation. I saw something last night that stated that annihilations usually release more energy than fusion. As far as fusing two antimatters go, thats pretty far out there, but I would venture to say that energy is created, though when you factor in what it takes to create antimatter, your returns are probably diminished. Edited January 23, 2011 by Realitycheck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alpha2cen Posted January 23, 2011 Author Share Posted January 23, 2011 hydrogen + Deuterium fusion------------> exothermic + Hydrogen + Anti-hydrogen fusion(annihilation) -----------> exothermic + Anti-hydrogen +Anti-deuterium fusion -----------> Anti-helium ? If mass loss occurs, energy will be released. According to present knowledge, I think, the reaction is assumed as exothermic reaction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swansont Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 Fusing anti-deuterium to get anti-Helium would be exothermic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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