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BitVyper 02-11-2009 09:27 PM

What would dissolving all the electrons in a solid body of matter LOOK like?
 
In reference to http://www.nuklearpower.com/daily.php?date=061109

I'm trying to think of a visual effect here, but I suspect we may need Sithdarth.

Mr.Bookworm 02-11-2009 09:33 PM

http://msti.files.wordpress.com/2008...eadexplode.jpg

Something like that, I imagine.

Zeth 02-12-2009 08:48 AM

Or maybe this (bottom center).

The Artist Formerly Known as Hawk 02-12-2009 12:08 PM

Well, first of all you can't actually dissolve electrons. You could anhilate them with positrons, but that would probably make a mess anyway. If however you were to somehow remove all the electrons from a body of solid matter, then I'd imagine the body in question would simply liquify, seeing as electrons account for chemical bonding in atoms and without them there would be no structure to anything.

Some of the chemicals that make up the human body might just turn to gas as well.

Meister 02-12-2009 12:33 PM

You would in fact destroy every single atom and be left with a bunch of protons and neutrons. I'm not sure if that would be any kind of discernible matter anymore.

So Money 02-12-2009 02:23 PM

The protons would repel violently, and you'd end up with what amounts to a nuclear explosion, is what would happen.

bobfish 02-12-2009 06:13 PM

That would depend on how suddenly the electrons were removed.

Shadow Bunny 02-12-2009 08:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by So Money (Post 895834)
The protons would repel violently, and you'd end up with what amounts to a nuclear explosion, is what would happen.

I doubt a nuclear explosion would happen - unless you took all the neutrons away also, strong nuclear force would keep the nuclei from getting blown apart.

The Wizard Who Did It 02-12-2009 09:02 PM

However, all the atoms would immediately repel each other. Ergo, the body wouldn't get a chance to liquify. Each individual positive ion would shoot apart, thus isolating each individual atom pretty far away from each other, thus making it impossible to even remake the entire being.

There would probably also be a hell of a lot of force behind each atom, so it could very well damage nearby objects.

Basically, the person would more or less vanish as every single atom in their body rapidly tried to get away from each other. It wouldn't even be akin to the explosion shown in the picture above as none of the atoms would stick together enough to even make something that looks like goo from a human.

BitVyper 02-12-2009 10:55 PM

Could they reappear several weeks later as an omnipotent, naked, blue man?


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