The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Comic Strips@lemmy.world · 15 days agoKing Solomonlemmy.worldimagemessage-square34linkfedilinkarrow-up1687arrow-down110
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minus-squareKyden Fumofly@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·15 days ago You need the named “critical mass” for this to happen.
minus-squareChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·14 days agoCritical mass means that a chain reaction can be sustained by emissions from prior nucleus splits. When splitting an atom with external force, it is not a concern because all (1) fissile atoms around will split at once.
minus-squareKyden Fumofly@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·14 days agoYou don’t get a mushroom with a bunch of atoms though.
Critical mass means that a chain reaction can be sustained by emissions from prior nucleus splits. When splitting an atom with external force, it is not a concern because all (1) fissile atoms around will split at once.
You don’t get a mushroom with a bunch of atoms though.