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Can you cut an atom in half?

Updated: 8/9/2023
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14y ago

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Atoms are difficult ot break up. It cannot be done by any chemical change but requires enormous amounts of energy in such as cyclotrons.

As for precisely cutting an atom in half, as far as any one knows that cannot be done.

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12y ago

by hitting the atom with very fast moving alpha particles

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14y ago

In a manner of speaking, yes, but it doesn't end well.

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12y ago

The 'half atom' becomes an itom. sweet huh? thanx for answering the question!

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12y ago

It is impossible; an atom cannot be cutted by chemical or mechanical procedures; only nuclear physics methods can destroy the atom.

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11y ago

An atamic explosion i think

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12y ago

Nucleons.

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A neuclear explosion that is if cut more then one atom in half but if its just one an explosion still occurs

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