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So bad its laugha--... explodable (lemmy.ml)
submitted 4 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 67 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

Helium takes more energy to split than it releases. You need an element heavier than iron to make this meme comply with physics.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 days ago

Me frantically typing "INB4 splitting a single He atom wouldn't release enough energy to cause that explosion" and seeing this more accurate comment. "GD it" :P

[–] [email protected] 35 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Hum... Splitting Helium consumes energy, maybe you should try Radom.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

Like the energy of a falling blade? I guess if it falls fast enough.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago

Thats what I thought before posting, but didn't give much thought

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago

Would be great if someone fixed the meme; I am too lazy to open gimp

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Maybe next time just say you have two electrons in your covalent shell

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 days ago (2 children)

It's called the valence shell, covalent is a type of bond where the atoms share electron pairs

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago

I was testing you =P

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

Also the valence shell is the outer shell and any shell with n>1 would require more than 2 electrons to be noble.