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[-] [email protected] 67 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

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 2 months 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 2 months ago

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

[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

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

[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

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

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

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

[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

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

[-] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

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

[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

I was testing you =P

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

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

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