Is there a periodic table whose elements are made up of anti-particles?

I know that hydrogen has already been made from anti-particles, but is there any official documentation of the differences the “anti-elements” have compared to our normal elements?

Asker: Yuri, 17 years old

Answer

No, that doesn’t exist.

The current PSE was drawn up by Mendeleev, mainly based on the weight that elements had and their similar properties. This was well before the discovery of protons, neutrons and electrons. Even wider for the discovery of antiparticles.

Meanwhile, we know that protons and neutrons consist of different quarks, leptons, Bosons (the new model of elementary particles). Quarks have antiparticles with which they are in constant contact. But that is not the same as an antineutron or antiproton. These are particles with the opposite composition of quarks compared to their ‘normal’ particle. They do not appear in elements and do not form elements together. These kinds of particles can be made artificially in particle accelerators such as CERN.

So there is no ‘anti-PSE’.

Answered by

drs. Karel Haesevoets

Chemistry Electrochemistry Physics

Is there a periodic table whose elements are made up of anti-particles?

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