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Splitting Hairs, Splitting Atoms (mander.xyz)

submitted 8 months ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to c/science_memes@mander.xyz

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[–] ZkhqrD5o@lemmy.world 1 point 8 months ago (1 child)

Yeah, but what if the knife is really sharp?

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[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 1 point 8 months ago (1 child)

The knife edge can't be smaller than an atoms width, so still no.

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[–] NoDignity@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago (1 child)

You say that until someone pulls the classic prank of swapping all your mango atoms with uranium-235.

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[–] ZkhqrD5o@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago (1 child)

Yeah and what if I squish the mango, thereby compressing the water and fusing the hydrogen into helium?

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[–] Warl0k3@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago*

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.

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