antimatter,
photograph CERN so what and how expensive is it? firstly antimatter is produced when antimatter and matter collide, they annihilate each
other, releasing energy in a process epitomized by Einstein's famous equation,
E=mc^2, this process presents antimatter as a potential source of tremendous
energy, so why does it cost so much? well
basically you need a Large Hadron Collider (LHC) pictured above, with a construction cost of
$4.75 billion and an annual operating budget of $1 billion, the production of
antimatter becomes a resource-intensive endeavour, it is proposed as a fuel for
interstellar space travel, offering an energy yield far superior to any current
propulsion system. In medicine, antimatter finds applications in imaging and
radiation therapy, providing novel approaches to diagnose and treat certain
types of cancer, and the cost? According to this article a staggering $62.5trillion per gram! And there was me thinking the most expensive item on earth
was Nitrogen Atom-Based Endohedral Fullerenes, that is only a paltry $140,000,000
a gram.
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