Reactions Are Really Electron Rearrangements
A chemical reaction turns substances into different substances by rearranging electrons in chemical bonds. In an ordinary chemical reaction, atoms are not lost; they are reorganized.Chemical Reactions and Energy
![The Little Boy is an atomic bomb utilizing a uranium-235 fission reaction.[88] By firing sub-critical uranium into another mass of sub-critical uranium within the bomb, creating a supercritical mass, a self-sustaining nuclear reaction starts. It generated an explosive force of over 15,000 tons of equivalent TNT.](https://cdn.deepswipe.app/images/0.2.0/93b022b9887113c679361ebddd2afc2bb50d2d2061cc749ae21a3fdebc877c88.jpg)
The Atom Count Stays Balanced
In a chemical equation, the number of each kind of atom on the left and right is equal. If it is not, the process is not an ordinary chemical reaction but something like radioactive decay or a nuclear reaction.Chemical Reactions and Energy
