x4740N@lemm.ee to Ask Science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agoWhat would happen if you removed the bonds holding the atoms of a human together?message-squaremessage-square10linkfedilinkarrow-up19arrow-down10
arrow-up19arrow-down1message-squareWhat would happen if you removed the bonds holding the atoms of a human together?x4740N@lemm.ee to Ask Science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square10linkfedilink
minus-squarecatloaf@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·edit-210 months agoIf you forced them apart, that’s called nuclear fission and you’d have a nuclear explosion. If you waved a magic wand and nullified the nuclear forces in their body, they’d fall apart into a pile of elements. Edit: actually this isn’t true, you said splitting the bonds between atoms, not splitting the atoms themselves. They’d just convert to elements.
minus-squareCrayonRosary@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months ago you said splitting the bonds between atoms Actually, they didn’t. Their question is ambiguous, and can be interpreted either way.
If you forced them apart, that’s called nuclear fission and you’d have a nuclear explosion.
If you waved a magic wand and nullified the nuclear forces in their body, they’d fall apart into a pile of elements.
Edit: actually this isn’t true, you said splitting the bonds between atoms, not splitting the atoms themselves. They’d just convert to elements.
Actually, they didn’t. Their question is ambiguous, and can be interpreted either way.