If split in half.....does an atom contain some kind of energy pattern? if so....?

Question

then what does that say about all the matter around us?

Answer 1

Matter & energy are now known to be interrelated thanks to A. Einstein. Atoms with high atomic numbers (radioactive) are naturally unstabe and prefer to split(decay) and convert a small part of their matter to energy. If you were to weight the remaining componants you would find that they weighed a very tiny bit less than the original atom. that tiny bit of mass that dissappears is converted to large amount of energy. That is why an atomic explosion is so emense.

All the matter around us if converted to energy would be so much as to be almost impossible to imagine.

Answer 2

"Splitting the atom" doesn't involve a really sharp knife, and it doesn't halve the atom, but smash it into pieces. The phrase refers to nuclear fission, which is when a (typically) very heavy atom attains the necessary energy to break apart into two or more smaller, more stable elements, each of which possesses some of the neutrons, protons and electrons that were in the original heavy atom. Some of the neutrons may be released, along with some electrons, and some of the energy involved in holding the larger atom together... VERY GENERALLY speaking, the particles and energy released by fission are what is referred to as radiation (energy in the form of electromagnetic radiation or light). Physicists have already determined that the subatomic particles that make up the atom are not the fundamental building blocks of all matter, but (under quantum physics) are composed of around fifteen or sixteen smaller particles and antiparticles and what are dubbed "force" particles for the particle form of the four fundamental forces (electromagnetism, gravity, and the strong and weak nuclear forces) If you go by string or M theory, even those are ultimately composed of little loops or "strings" of energy, vibrating in space.

Answer 3

Well atoms are made up of protons and neutrons that form the nucleus and the electrons that spin around it. In nuclear reactors atoms are split (not in half though) is a fission reaction which releases energy, but not all atoms could be split with the same results. In fact merging some atoms creates energy in a fusion process. It's all balanced and very tangible. No mystery here

Answer 4

Matter is frozen energy. There is energy in everything, in all the matter around us. If by atom you mean atomic nuclei, protons and neutrons, those are made up of quarks. Two up quarks and one down quark make a proton, two down quarks and one up quark make a neutron. As far as I know, protons and neutrons are not easily "split" - I don't think there are any "free" quarks running around anywhere. Nuclear fusion, like in the sun or in a hydrogen bomb, actually *combines* protons and realeases tons of energy in the process. Nuclear fission is a chain reaction of atomic particles, but I don't think protons and neutrons can actually be "split" except for fractions of a nanosecond in a particle collider/linear accelerator.

Answer 5

I don't think there are any atoms you can actually split it half. Usually a large atom just loses a small part of the nucleas, not a half. If you really want to know, I'd recommend taking a chemistry class.

Answer 6

I can not see how you could split an atom in half.All those orbiting particles would not orbit.

Answer 7

If an atom exploded we would die(a nuclear bomb)

Answer 8

that organization takes energy, but this is already an old theory.

Answer 9

um....excuse me, but that's what an atomic bomb does.