Far too hot to make any stable atoms=couldn't make any stable atoms because it was far too hot

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"The first atoms were formed 380000 years after the big bang. Before it the universe was far too hot to make any stable atoms and was made up of plasma."

Does it mean "The universe couldn't make any stable atoms because it was too far and the universe was made up of plasma"?

AlpheccaStars · Accepted Answer

Ahsanul Irfan 3968it was too far

No. It has nothing to do with distance.

The universe is everything. It cannot be "far away". Nothing is "outside!"

Far = much

The temperature was much too high.

For example, when water boils it makes steam, which is water vapor. Water vapor cannot form liquid water until it cools down below 100 °C, at least at atmospheric pressure. Steam is not a plasma because the temperature is not high enough. Steam consists of separate water molecules -- two hydrogen atoms bound to one oxygen atom.

In the baby universe, the temperatures were so high that the elementary particles -- protons, neutrons and electrons --- could not form stable atoms of helium and hydrogen and lithium.

You can see plasma every day and every night. The solar atmosphere is a plasma of hydrogen and helium. When they are turned on, compact fluorescent lamps are filled with plasma. Lightning strikes generate a stream of plasma in the air that scares little kids.

Clive · Answer

Does it mean "The universe couldn't make any stable atoms because it was too far

No. far too hot means much too hot.

Here's another simple example. I can't buy this car. It's far too expensive.

"The first atoms were formed 380,000 years after the big bang. Before that the universe was much too hot to make any stable atoms and was made up of plasma."

Far too hot to make any stable atoms=couldn't make any stable atoms because it was far too hot

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