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An atom does not "blow up" if you split it, but it will give off a tremendous amount of energy (in proportion to what is actually happening). If an atom was to "split" as asked, we'd consider it to have undergone nuclear fission. In fission, the atom "breaks" approximately in half, and the two "pieces" (which are called fission fragments) will recoil from the site of the event. In that light, an atom might be said to have "blown up" like it had been hit with something. In nuclear fuel, fission fragments recoil into the matrix in which they are being held, and this is expressed as heat. The recoil of the fragments accounts for a lot of the energy of the fission event. Note that in the fission talked about in many science classes, an atom of fissionable material is "hit" by a neutron and this causes a fission. This isn't quite accurate. The atomic nucleus must capture the neutron, and nuclear instability will result. Then the fission occurs. The atom is not "smashed" or "broken" by the "impact" of a neutron.
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How can you make a sentence with the word 'Blow up'?
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A footpump
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Do atom bombs make a sound when they blow up?
no
The process in which each split atom gives up neutrons which in turn split other atoms is called?
The process in which each split atom gives up neutrons which in turn split other atoms is called a nuclear fission chain reaction.
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Nuclear chain reaction
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What caused the roman empire to spread?
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When did Dalton come up with the atom?
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By just blowin up anbloon
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You find yourself with half an ounce less C4 than you started out with.
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.
