If you split a Atom in a nuclear reaction what happens to that Atom?

You can not destroy matter just change its form if you split an atom it breaks apart into its continuance parts, Proton (+ charge), Neutron (no charge) and election (- charge). You can break it further down from there into quarks and leptons. Then you have the theory of strings at the -32 to -34 cm scale that says every thing is a vibrating string and the frequency it vibrates at makes up that particular particle just like a string on a string instrument makes the note that it makes. -32 to -34 are much smaller then air molecules so that why we do not hear the tone that string theory predicts.

A nuclear reaction is a change to the atom's nucleus. Splitting an atom is changing the nucleus, therefore, it's a nuclear reaction. Splitting an atom is not a cause of a nuclear reaction. It is the act of a nuclear reaction. The cause of nuclear reactions is almost always instability inside the nucleus of the atom. Atoms try to exist in a stable state, which is why we have reactions, and charges, etc. The atoms are trying to stabilize themselves.

It becomes two atoms of something else. The number of protons before and after must be the same so for example uranium could be split into barium and krypton but there are lots of other pairs of products that could be generated.

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when neutrons are bombarded on the atom(for example uranium atom) nuclear fission takes place and atoms are further broken down into three atoms then nine and some beta particles also come out and this gives out heat energy...this results in a chain reaction!!!

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I think, it becomes 2 atoms and this process called fission.

It becomes two smaller atoms.

Well you can't destroy mass. So when you "split an atom" you are basically dividing it up into pieces (neutrons, protons). So like, you can't split hydrogen because it is just a proton.

Do not listen to the person who said you cannot split an atom of hydrogen. I would like to say two words to completely disprove his answer... HYDROGEN BOMB. Jackass :)

it becomes two atoms of something else, it's called fission.

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