What happens when you first split an atom (I think) is that you simply seperate one (or more I suppose) of the bonds--the Strong Nuclear force that holds the atomic nuclei of atoms in place (protons and neutrons). When you split what was halfened, the same release in energy occurs; the only difference is that you're now dealing with a lighter atom.
In the case of a hydrogen atom, the same can't be split more than once. What happens is that the bond between that one proton and one neutron is broken, releasing an exponentially large amount of energy. Thereafter, you'd be left with simply the proton which cannot be split. (yet...)What happens when you split half an atom?
If you split a lot of atoms then you get a lot of energy. Well, man has mastered the technology of splitting atoms. Whether in the form of nuclear reactors or atomic bombs, the process is all the same - a bloated atom splits and in the process gives of energy and neutrons. Those neutrons in turn cause more atoms to split. If you can control the production of neutrons you have a process suitable for a nuclear reactor. If you let the neutrons go on predicting more and more neutrons you have a runaway chain reaction and a device suitable for turning cities into glass-bottomed craters.
Easier explained: Think about billiard balls. If you slam one billiard ball into another they don't form one big billiard ball. Instead, they bounce off each other in opposite directions. This is typically what happens when atoms come into contact with one another - they go bouncing off in opposite directions. However, if those billiard balls are coming at each other with enough energy, rather than bouncing, they may shatter one another, forming a big mound of billiard-ball bits. Here our billiard ball analogy breaks down a bit. If two hydrogen atoms come crashing together at high enough energy, they typically do not shatter into smaller parts (let's not get into quarks here), but they may actually fuse, creating a larger atom.
The splitting of an atom does not equal an atomic bomb, it's a lot more complicated than that. If you split a half of an atom you would have a quarter of an atom!
a lot of heat will come out
you have 2 equally shapped objects that are 1/4 the size of the origonal atom
To split an atom does not necessarily lead to an explosion: if the atom is lighter than iron, splitting an atom actually absorbs energy rather than releasing it. Since fragments from fission of a uranium atom are typically heavier than iron, splitting these would in principle release energy, but there is no convenient way to do this.
Lol... half of an atom is another atom. When you split an atom, you are essentially making it into 2 different atoms. Send me a message if you want me to explain more.
when u spilted already splited atom......... the results will be the same.......... becoz atomic bomb also worked on same principle........... spliting of an atom continues which results in releasing of huge amount of energy......
when we split an atom, large amount of energy will be released.
This question is not as complicated as it seems. Basically, questions about nuclear fission and nuclear fusion involved nuclear binding energies.
If we begin at non-isotopic hydrogen (protium) which has only a single proton, everything above this with two or more protons has more nuclear binding energy up to iron. In other words, if we fuse hydrogen together to make helium we release energy. We can keep fusing together to make lithium, oxygen, nitrogen, flourine, neon, etc. Every step up to a heavier element (one with more protons) will release energy until we hit iron. Once we get to iron the process stops and we can no longer get energy by fusion.
If we start at the other end with plutonium, uranium, radium or any of the other unstable elements above lead we have the opposite. These elements have less binding energy than elements lower on the charts. So, when a uranium nuclues decays by fission it loses protons and this process also give off energy. These elements will continue to break down until they reach lead which is stable.
Splitting an atom simply means that you've caused it to lose a proton so that it becomes a lighter element than it used to be. This will change one element to another. However, many of these radioactive elements break down in several steps from one radioactive element to another until they finally reach a stable configuration. For example, from Uranium to Thorium, however, Thorium is also unstable and will continue to breakdown. These can turn into radium and radon and unstable isotopes of lead before finally reaching stable lead.
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