• Pirky@lemmy.world
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    15 hours ago

    I do wonder what it would look like if only one singular helium atom underwent fission. Would we even notice it? Or would it still cause enough of an explosion to injure?

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      13 hours ago

      Helium typically doesn’t undergo fission, but you wouldn’t notice of it did. Millions of atoms in your body are undergoing fission at any given time. People only notice when a LOT of atoms undergo fission at the same time.