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8426578456985 t1_jd534z5 wrote

Reply to comment by florinandrei in Can a single atom be determined to be in any particular phase of matter? by Zalack

How fast would that be? Being a single atom in a glass jar?

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Noggin01 t1_jd5acka wrote

Depends. Is the glass moving?

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8426578456985 t1_jd5aonm wrote

I want to say no, but relative to what? Say the jar is floating in space with no radiation hitting it and the hydrogen atom is just teleported into the jar so their relative speeds are zero at the start.

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