8426578456985 t1_jd5aonm wrote on March 21, 2023 at 10:53 PM Reply to comment by Noggin01 in Can a single atom be determined to be in any particular phase of matter? by Zalack 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. Permalink Parent 2
8426578456985 t1_jd534z5 wrote on March 21, 2023 at 10:01 PM 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? Permalink Parent 1
8426578456985 t1_jd5aonm wrote
Reply to comment by Noggin01 in Can a single atom be determined to be in any particular phase of matter? by Zalack
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.