Sentences with phrase «smaller atoms remaining»
When heavy atoms fission and release energy, the two smaller atoms remaining (called fission products) are often left with some extra energy to give off.
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The second - stage reaction strips off the fatty acids» carboxyl group (a carbon atom, two oxygen atoms, and a hydrogen atom) and breaks the remaining hydrocarbon chains into smaller fragments, yielding a light oil.
(Either way, the chance is very small that a carbon atom in the ocean will be incorporated into organic matter or chemically combined with a carbonate cation to form calcium carbonate that will end up sequestered in sediments, where it might remain for hundreds of millions of years.)