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What happens when a atom splits?
Nuclear fusion occurs
Edit 1:
Not likely that a nuclear fusion would occur...
When an atom split, it would produce an energy
equal to its mass squared by the speed of light.
There won't be a huge explosion, but there
would be tiny amount of energy
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 12y agoIn certain circumstances, you can liberate vast amounts of nuclear fission energy, the source of energy in a nuclear power plant. This sort of break-up of the nucleus is very different to what you appear to be asking about.
In other words, splitting an atom can create a huge explosion.
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∙ 12y agoThe common atom will explode in a massive explosion that destroyed things even miles away when split. However, somehow we have been able to harness the power from a nuclear explosion and use it as a power source.
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∙ 12y agoif the atoms will split the number of protons and neutrons will decreased because of their respective numbers of electrons used due tothe splits of the atoms.
in this case it explodes
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∙ 13y agoIf you Split a Atom you would create an atomic bomb.
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∙ 12y agoDon´t know dude.
Arjun Senthilkumar
i think you will get smaller?
Anonymous
no
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What decade did scientists first split the atom?
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Was atom split at Birmingham university U.K?
yes
Has an atom been split?
Ernest Rutherford was the first person to split an atom deliberately and successfully. He achieved this in 1917 and became Director of the Cavendish Lab at Cambridge University in 1919.
Can diamond atoms be split?
Diamond atoms are just carbon atoms.Chemically no atom of any kind can be split.Via nuclear processes any atom heavier than hydrogen-1 can be split.
What radioactive atoms spontaneously do?
Depending on the type of atom, a radioactive atom will decay by emitting an alpha particle (helium nucleus), proton, neutron, electron, or will split apart completely.
What happens when you split the atom?
Go boom
What decade scientist split the atom?
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What decade did scientist split the atom?
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What decade did scientist split first atom?
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What decade did scientists first split the atom?
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When you split an atom why does it explode?
WHEN WE SPLIT AN ATOM IT EXPLODES because the become unstable.
How did Einstein split the atom?
Albert Einstein did not split the atom. He did work that predicted what would happen when an atom was split, among many other things.
The process in which each split atom gives up neutrons which in turn split other atoms and so on is called an?
A nuclear chain reaction. This is what happens in a nuclear reactor.
When did Ernest walto split the atom?
In 1932 john cockcroft and Ernst waltin split the atom.
When was Split the Atom created?
Splitting the Atom was created on 2009-10-04.
What is a scentence for the word ATOM?
Scientists have split the atom.
What is atom in a sentence?
Sometimes, an atom cannot be split.
