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minus-squareNoDignity@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·14 hours agoYou say that until someone pulls the classic prank of swapping all your mango atoms with uranium-235.
minus-squareZkhqrD5o@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·13 hours agoYeah and what if I squish the mango, thereby compressing the water and fusing the hydrogen into helium?
minus-squareWarl0k3@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-211 hours agoUnless you refined the mango to the point that was homoatomic, the other non-hydrogen atoms would act as moderators and prevent fusion from occurring.
You say that until someone pulls the classic prank of swapping all your mango atoms with uranium-235.
Yeah and what if I squish the mango, thereby compressing the water and fusing the hydrogen into helium?
Unless you refined the mango to the point that was homoatomic, the other non-hydrogen atoms would act as moderators and prevent fusion from occurring.