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RE: Why is it not possible to reassemble pieces of a broken solid?

in #stemq • 6 years ago

Thanks, this is very interesting.

Though the text falls short on telling that the two pieces of copper becomes one and cannot be separated without tools.

So the atomic framework at the point of contact between the two copper pieces is probably not the same as the atomic framework within each piece.

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    Though the text falls short on telling that the two pieces of copper becomes one and cannot be separated without tools.

    I think this part says almost exactly what you are looking for:

    when the atoms in contact are all of the same kind, there is no way for the atoms to “know” that they are in different pieces of copper

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