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[-] nadiaraven@lemmy.world 92 points 4 months ago

I'm so sorry, but you don't split (fission) helium to get energy. You combine (fusion) helium to get energy. You split something heavy like uranium to get energy.

[-] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 47 points 4 months ago

Oh, come on, now you're just splitting hairs!

[-] max_adam@lemm.ee 1 points 4 months ago

From a hairy uranium

[-] dil@lemmy.world 30 points 4 months ago

I hate that stupid physics ruins this very good joke :/

Xenon and Krypton are noble gasses that are produced from fission, but I don't think they're ever the pre-guillotine input.

[-] aBundleOfFerrets@sh.itjust.works 12 points 4 months ago

What if I fuse uranium huh? What then pal?!!!?

[-] rImITywR@lemmy.world 12 points 4 months ago

The point is the "energy well". That is the elements "in the middle" of the periodic table are more stable/at lower energy states. So fusioning heavy elements or fissioning light elements move to higher energy states, so it will take more energy in than it releases.

[-] Revan343@lemmy.ca 10 points 4 months ago

And 'the middle' is iron, in case anyone is wondering.

[-] naevaTheRat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Ironically >:3

/chaos

[-] Wilzax@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago

Congrats on your newly discovered element 184!

[-] KSPAtlas@sopuli.xyz 2 points 4 months ago

For like a nanosecond

[-] kittenzrulz123@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 4 months ago
[-] OofShoot@beehaw.org 31 points 4 months ago

Splitting helium requires energy. Go for Radon or something.

[-] 1993_toyota_camry@beehaw.org 14 points 4 months ago

The purpose of a guillotine is to deliver energy

[-] OofShoot@beehaw.org 3 points 4 months ago

Perhaps I want clear. If you split helium, you lose energy. You have to go above iron if want to release energy from fission (mostly).

[-] anton@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 4 months ago

But a guillotine doesn't deliver more energy that a nuclear explosion. Given the endothermic nature of splitting helium it would have do the splitting and the exploding.

[-] naevaTheRat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 4 months ago

You ever think there's a reason nobody puts cool in the same sentence as physics :p

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