Page 20 - Miracles Within the Molecule

HArun yahya

charged, and iden ti cal char ges always repel each other—as you can
dem on strate by bring ing togeth er the north poles of two sep a rate mag -
nets. As a result of Strong Nuclear Force, how e ver, pro tons are clamped
against one anoth er, along with neu trons that bear no charge, at the cen -
ter of the atom inside the atom's nucle us. In other words, Strong
Nuclear Force allows the atom's nucle us to exist by hold ing its pro tons
togeth er. To bet ter com pre hend the power of this force, con sid er the
effect of an atom ic bomb. A nucle ar explo sion results of when a par ti -
cle—gen er al ly a neu tron—is hurled to "split" the nucle us of a ura ni um
or plu to ni um atom. As the nucle us comes apart, the strong force is
released that for mer ly held the pro tons and neu trons. The release of
incom pa ra ble
ener gy vapor iz es
every thing near by,
Neutron and the radi o ac tive
after-effects lin ger
Uranium or on for hun dreds of
plu to ni um
nucle us years. This force
The reac tion begins when con cealed with in
a neu tron strikes the
nucle us of a plu to ni um atom an atom is imper -
or a ura ni um atom. The result ing imbal ance for -
ces the nucle us to split, ener gy to be released and
the two emerg ing neu trons to be set free to divide
other nuclei. The force released by the split ting of a sin gle
atom is truly gigan tic.

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