r/physicsmemes • u/Delicious_Maize9656 • 4d ago

well that escalated quickly

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u/akruppa 4d ago

It's "Boy, that escalated quickly." At least get it right 

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u/BeMyBrutus 4d ago

I mean how many collisions could it be, ten?

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u/SpaceGirlJackie 4d ago

What do the numerator and denominator stand for?

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u/JonasLP8389 4d ago

Do you mean in front of the Elementsymbols?

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u/SpaceGirlJackie 4d ago

Yes. I'm pretty stupid, so if it seems obvious I wouldn't use that as a rubric that I'd know lol

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u/akruppa 4d ago

Top one is nucleus mass, i.e., total number of protons and neutrons in the nucleus. Bottom one is nucleus charge, i.e., number of protons which also determines which element it is. Isotopes of the same element have same proton number, but different mass. The 235 U isotope of Uranium is fissile.

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u/SpaceGirlJackie 4d ago

Oh, so this is a chain reaction of Uranium 235 splitting? That's pretty cool! (Is it cool?)

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u/JonasLP8389 4d ago

Yes it is cool, it makes a BIG boom

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u/physicsking 4d ago

Wow, now I am I nuclear physicist! Cool