Can an atom be split

Answer 1

yes you can split an atom because that is how they made the atomic bomb and started the nuclear bombs

mass energy is given off when the atom splits then the next atom will split because of the energy given off the fist one

like a domino effect

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Answer 2

Well, atoms with very massive and/or unstable nuclei (such as uranium, plutonium, radium, francium, etc) generally split by themselves without any outside intervention via a process known as alpha decay, by which the nuclei split into alpha particles (helium-4 nuclei) to become lighter and more stable. However, this process generally doesnt release very much energy when compared to the terrifying reactions that take place in nuclear reactors or in atomic bombs. In the case of a nuclear reactor, an atoms nucleus can only be split with enough energy to start such a reaction by a very strong and concentrated force. Usually, this is done by bombarding an atom with high energy particles, such as neutrons. In the case of atomic bombs, this is done by either forming a critical mass of uranium 235, which spontaneously fissions, or by rapidly compressing a mass of plutonium 239, which also spontaneously fissions.

Answer 3

Atom is indivisinble. The parts of atoms are - Electron,proton and neutron.

Edit: This is simply not true. Atoms are DEFINITELY divisible. Just ask anyone over the age of about 70 from Hiroshima or Nagasaki. If there are any left, that is.

Normally, atoms of atomic number greater than that of lead (element number 82; the atomic number refers to the number of positively charged particles, known as protons, in the atom's nucleus) are unstable, and undergo spontaneous decay. This decay normally is in the form of emissions of alpha particles (a helium nucleus consisting of two protons and two neutrons), or beta particles (an electron), or a neutron, plus gamma rays which have no mass. The first element that is in practice "fissionable"...meaning it can be split into two lighter atoms of similar size and has a long enough half-life to work with in order to do just that, is element number 90, Thorium. The next one is element number 92, Uranium, specifically, the isotope containing 143 neutrons known as U-235, which makes up about 1% of naturally occurring uranium. Finally, the more common isotope of Uranium, U-238 (92 protons and 146 neutrons) can be converted into the man-made element Plutonium-239 when a neutron from a fissioning U-235 nucleus gets absorbed into the nucleus of a nearby U238 nucleus; the very unstable U-239 nucleus almost instantly emits two beta particles (electrons) to become Plutonium Pu-239. The Pu-239 can then be used in fission reactions. There are reactors known as "breeder reactors", where the amount of Pu-239 produced exceeds the amount of U-235 consumed, greatly extending the useful life of the initial U-235 charge of nuclear fuel.

Bottom Line: There are three elements whose atoms can be "split", i.e., used practically in nuclear fission chain-reactions: Thorium, Uranium, and Plutonium. For all other elements, either their atoms cannot be fissioned at all, or their half-lives are too short to make fission practical.

Answer 4

Yes it can be split

Answer 5

not in the normal sense of the word, no