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LodeMike@lemmy.today ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

The force that keeps the nucleus together is much stronger than the force needed to break the inter-atom bonfs. (Blanking on the names right now. Strong and weak forces?)

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ZkhqrD5o@lemmy.world ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Yeah, but what if the knife is really sharp?

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- LodeMike@lemmy.today ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  The knife edge can’t be smaller than an atoms width, so still no.
  
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  - NoDignity@lemmy.world ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    You say that until someone pulls the classic prank of swapping all your mango atoms with uranium-235.
    
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