Can you make a sword so sharp it can cut atoms?
Or, at best, can you theoretically make a sword that can smash them?
What about sticking a katana into the hardron collider?
I once asked /sci/ if I was superhuman, could I stomp so hard on a pile of shit it turned into diamonds and the answer was "Yes, but everyone around for miles will notice"
>>30527421
>Or, at best, can you theoretically make a sword that can smash them?
Can you make a person that can smash them?
>>30527421
>"Yes, but everyone around for miles will notice"
Same concept here, I believe
>>30527421
No.
For a blade to be able to cut an atom, its edge would have to be smaller than one atom. The only metal I know of that can be hammered to 1 atom thick is gold, which doesn't really hold an edge at all. If you look at the sharpest steel blade under an electron microscope, it looks like a flat wall of atoms. The same goes for obsidian, though that is a slightly smaller flat wall of atoms.
There was one, but it's long gone now.
It was aboard the Titanic but it was jostled during transport when it accidentally scratched the inside of the cargo bay, slicing the boat open from the inside.
>>30527467
Humans have pretty much already turned shit into diamonds.
>>30527504
So its like breaking the sound barrier?
I cut one atom in two with a katana and there's an explosion?
I don't think so. Atoms are so small its possible every breath you you take has a molecule from Caesar's last breath.
>>30527421
Yes.
>Have you heard of heard of Hatori Hanzo?
>>30527527
OP here. "Cutting" and "smashing" are dubious ways to describe atomic interaction.
That said, I could cut you to peices with a brick wall. Doesn't mean its sharp. It just means other forces act as the knife.
>>30527615
They were the terms your used. If you didn't wish to be interpreted that way, you should have used different words.
>>30527689
No I could not without making my original post much longer.
I tried to keep it short
>>30527971
no one fucking cares
>>30527566
yes, idiot, breaking an atomic bond releases energy. It's how nukes work. And you're not gonna hit just one atom hanging around in a vacuum, unless you want to redefine what counts as a sword until your left with an particle accelerator. You're slamming a three pound object into another object with enough force to overcome the strong nuclear force. It's gonna be loud.
>>30527421
No.
Anime lied to you.
Yes, you can cut an atom with a sword. It is a technique known as the Pankratosword. Its use is forbidden, however.
>>30527421
No. You would need to generate too many factors for something as big as a sword to slice atoms. Also, why does it have to be a katana? Why not a much stronger sword like a claymore or gladius?
>>30528215
>Why not a much stronger sword like a claymore or gladius?
I wish every sword related thread wouldn't turn into a westaboo/weeaboo pissing contest.
>>30527421
Yes.
Secret of Evermore had one.
The Nuetron Blade
>>30528215
Swordfighter here
Claymore and gladuis are both pure shit general purpose swords. Gladius is too short and has no guard. It wasn't a primary weapon for the Romans, it was a secondary/last resort weapon, and it was intended to be used exclusively with a shield.
And a claymore had a specific purpose, taking down cavalry and breaking pike lines
>>30527421
I'm guessing you're trolling but for the record
Obsidian is extremely sharp like down to an atoms length at sharpest point, but cannot "cut atoms"
> we both have autism for posting/responding
