When you cut something, isn’t there a chance that you will cut an atom and there will be an explosion?

Question

When you cut something, isn’t there a chance that you will cut an atom and there will be an explosion?

In: Physics

Answer 1

NOPE the force required to disintegrate an atom is lets say almost inconceivable.
Being simpler.. the knife edge is so much thicker than an atom for that matter than it cant cut through it even if it was theoretically plausible. Just being simple.. cause its ELI5