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'''Antimatter''' is the physical counterpart to matter. Antimatter consists of antiparticles which have the same mass as their matter counterparts but with a reversed charge. Antimatter annihilates upon contact with matter.
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'''Antimatter''' is a highly dangerous substance used by the [[Covenant]]<ref>''[[Halo 2]]''</ref><ref>''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]''</ref><ref>''[[Halo: The Flood]]''</ref>. It releases a massive amount of energy when coming into contact with matter, such as air, thus causing an explosion. Antimatter is known to occur naturally in extremely small amounts, but can be made artificially in larger, but still extremely small amounts by [[Humans]], however the Covenant are suspected as having a large amount of either natural or artificial Antimatter to use as [[weaponry]] and possibly a power-source. Humanity is thought to currently have Antimatter, but apparently not enough for it to be used as weaponry. The Covenant, however have used Antimatter as weaponry on more than one occasion, but how they get their Antimatter remains a mystery.


The [[Covenant]] use antimatter as a reactant in ordnance, namely [[antimatter charge]]s. These charges were used in the [[Battle over Installation 04]]{{Ref/Level|[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]|[[The Pillar of Autumn (Halo: Combat Evolved level)|The Pillar of Autumn]]}} and to destroy ''[[Athens Station]]'', ''[[Malta Station]]'', and nearly ''[[Cairo Station (station)|Cairo Station]]'' in the [[Battle for Earth]].{{Ref/Level|Halo 2|[[Cairo Station]]}}


Certain [[Forerunner]] weapons use antimatter as well; the [[Z-390 incineration cannon]], for example, fires antimatter embedded within streams of energized particles.{{Ref/Book|[[Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide]]|Page=101}} [[Converging beam cannon]]s of the {{Class|Sojourner|dreadnought}} created paths for antimatter to pursue enemy starships.{{Ref/Book|Halo : Warfleet|Page=80-81}}


== Uses ==
The UNSC is known to have established an antimatter production facility on [[Mercury]] alongside solar research facilities,{{Ref/Book|HM|Section=The Interplanetary War|Page=51}} however even the UNSC's most advanced laboratories produce less than a gram of antimatter a year.{{Ref/Book|HEnc11|Page=333}}


*[[Antimatter Charge]]
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*[[Covenant Bomb]]
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== Trivia ==
[[Category:Physics]]
 
*Antimatter is a real substance.
*Several other Science Fiction sagas and stories, besides Halo, use antimatter as a weapon or in context, such as ''Angels & Demons''.
 
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[[Category:The Covenant]]
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[[Category:Bombs]]
[[Category:Covenant Weapons]]
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