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[–] plistig@feddit.de 27 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Would an anti-banana give off normal matter?

[–] Sargteapot@lemmy.nz 18 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] taigaman@kbin.social 20 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I don't think it would antimatter

[–] elbarto777@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago

Argument anihilated!

[–] 768@sh.itjust.works 15 points 2 years ago

AFAIK, yes, you might wanna look into β+- and β־-decay

[–] marcos@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

AFAIK, yes.

There are some very small differences between matter and anti-matter, but I don't think any of them affect radioactivity.