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minus-squareKairos@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-25 个月前\0. The force that keeps the nucleus together is much stronger than the force needed to break the inter-atom bonfs. (Blanking on the names right now. Strong and weak forces?)
minus-squareZkhqrD5o@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 个月前Yeah, but what if the knife is really sharp?
minus-squareKairos@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 个月前The knife edge can’t be smaller than an atoms width, so still no.
minus-squareNoDignity@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 个月前You say that until someone pulls the classic prank of swapping all your mango atoms with uranium-235.
minus-squareZkhqrD5o@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 个月前Yeah and what if I squish the mango, thereby compressing the water and fusing the hydrogen into helium?
minus-squareWarl0k3@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-25 个月前Unless you refined the mango to the point that was homoatomic, the other non-hydrogen atoms would act as moderators and prevent fusion from occurring.
\0. The force that keeps the nucleus together is much stronger than the force needed to break the inter-atom bonfs. (Blanking on the names right now. Strong and weak forces?)
Yeah, but what if the knife is really sharp?
The knife edge can’t be smaller than an atoms width, so still no.
You say that until someone pulls the classic prank of swapping all your mango atoms with uranium-235.
Yeah and what if I squish the mango, thereby compressing the water and fusing the hydrogen into helium?
Unless you refined the mango to the point that was homoatomic, the other non-hydrogen atoms would act as moderators and prevent fusion from occurring.