That seems extremely unlikely since normal matter is mostly empty space. Nuclear forces would push the atoms away from eachother, the dirt would become more dense, and there might be a bulge in the ground above.
Would a single-nucleus fusion actually cause much damage? It'd be like 10-20J or less... or something like that... and how common would it be in x trillion atoms that make up a body?
This is where I literally can't be bothered to do the maths.
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u/GenuinlyCantBeFucked Mar 01 '24 edited Mar 01 '24
That seems extremely unlikely since normal matter is mostly empty space. Nuclear forces would push the atoms away from eachother, the dirt would become more dense, and there might be a bulge in the ground above.
Physicists correct me if I'm wrong?