Stargate Atlantis Sucks!

[aAnubiSs]

With a fine-tuned transporter they can make anything out of anything. They can transport individual electrons,protons,neutrons and make whatever atoms they like to. Wonder if the Asgard can do that.

[VirtualCLD]

Right, I was just saying, supposedly Neutronium is "super" dense (and possibly superconductive, but that doesn't matter right now). You would only need a little bit to make a lot of items that contain elements much lower on the Periodic table. For example, if Neutronium had four times the # of electrons/protons as gold, you could get four times the amount of gold than neutronium. If you carried huge loads of the stuff, you could make a lot different things that could potentially take up more space than the neutronium alone.

[Funaho]

Right, I was just saying, supposedly Neutronium is "super" dense (and possibly superconductive, but that doesn't matter right now). You would only need a little bit to make a lot of items that contain elements much lower on the Periodic table. For example, if Neutronium had four times the # of electrons/protons as gold, you could get four times the amount of gold than neutronium. If you carried huge loads of the stuff, you could make a lot different things that could potentially take up more space than the neutronium alone.

Normally "neutronium" is used to refer to the superfluid material of which neutron stars are made. In neutron stars electrons and protons get crused together to form a super dense sea of neutrons...hence the name neutronium.

[Mio]

Normally "neutronium" is used to refer to the superfluid material of which neutron stars are made. In neutron stars electrons and protons get crused together to form a super dense sea of neutrons...hence the name neutronium.

A neutron is escentially a proton + an electron, right?

[EYU86]

A neutron is escentially a proton + an electron, right?

In terms of charge, yes
But there is a neutron atom.

[aAnubiSs]

A Neutron is a neutral particle, it has no charge.

[aschen]

I liked the show, but wanted to say this anyway...

"It's kind of like Charlie loves Chachi."

lol.

[VirtualCLD]

Normally "neutronium" is used to refer to the superfluid material of which neutron stars are made. In neutron stars electrons and protons get crused together to form a super dense sea of neutrons...hence the name neutronium.

Interesting, I was always taught the "ium" suffix was used for naming metals. Guess I was wrong.

But in any case, I've seen the name "neutronium" used to describe a really dense metal extremely high in the periodic table in other Sci-Fi story lines. I didn't mean real life, because I'm no expert in the field.

[EYU86]

A Neutron is a neutral particle, it has no charge.

I was replying to Mio
asked if a Proton+electron is a neutron
and i said in terms of charge becasue proton is pos and electron is neg.

[Funaho]

A neutron is escentially a proton + an electron, right?

In terms of charge yes (and i think in mass, at least approximately.) But a neutron and a proton have different quark configurations, and an electron is just an electron.

I've actually never read anything about whether or not neutron star matter can be made to "rebound" into normal matter. I think the change is permanent.

[aAnubiSs]

And I posted the same minute, so you couldn't figure out that we wrote it at the same time?

[Mio]

How'd we get from 'Stargate Atlantis Sucks!' to elements native to the Ida galaxy?

[EYU86]

Dunno, but it always seems to happen

[Madeleine]

Yeah, back on topic everyone.

Or not. Whatever.

I've got a nice glass of wine and some crystalised ginger, I don't really care about off-topicness tonight.

[EYU86]

Does this mean we're gonna start talking about what we're drinking now.

Im drinking a bottle of mango gatorade.