And if splitting atom releases energy, why haven’t these energy break from their atom themselves? Isn’t that means the force that bind the atoms are bigger than the energy released?
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If you have a pool table full of balls that are touching each other and you push one ball then all the others will also move. But if you spread the balls apart, then nothing happens. Same thing with nuclear explosions, the Uranium needs to be pure enough that all the atoms are sitting next to each other when the “push” is made. This level of purity doesn’t happen in nature.
>And if splitting atom releases energy, why haven’t these energy break from their atom themselves?
We see it all the time, it’s called radiation, and there’s radiation all around you in the environment at all times. It’s just a very tiny amount because there’s only a tiny amount of this material.
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