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[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (10 children)

As I've learned more, the energy from a single atom is not much. They split nitrogen long before uranium but it didn't really matter. You need the chain reaction of uranium.

From Gemini:

The energy released from a single uranium atom splitting is an infinitesimally tiny fraction of what's needed to even warm a mug of water. You would need the simultaneous fission of approximately 1.96 quadrillion (1,960,000,000,000,000) uranium atoms to heat a single mug of water.

*JFC what's up with the downvotes? Because I used Gemini?

[–] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 44 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Thank God there was an AI here to tell us something we could just look up.

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[–] fartographer@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

No, I amanium!

[–] ricdeh@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Isn't that common knowledge? I don't think that anyone seriously believes that splitting a single atom causes an explosion.

[–] Diddlydee@feddit.uk 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I'd wager loads of people with no scientific knowledge do.

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