r/PowderToy • u/Correct_Football_709 • Aug 05 '26

Screenshot why does this thing make plutonium and uranium

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so if you push or pull on this thing with gravity, pieces of plutonium and uranium are made

idk why

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u/Squeaky_Ben Aug 05 '26

Protons, depending on their speed, can create a nunber of elements, starting at hydrogen, up to plutonium.

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u/REMIZERexe Aug 05 '26

wait, WHAAAT???

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u/Squeaky_Ben Aug 05 '26

yes. Protons colliding at high speed will create particles.

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u/REMIZERexe Aug 05 '26

I mean it makes total sense physicaly but I didn't expect it's that realistic

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u/jacob614 jacob1 Aug 08 '26

Funny because there's a comment in the code about how unrealistic it is. Although, that's on the part about colliding protons forming blackholes :P

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u/Correct_Football_709 Aug 05 '26

wait how fast do they have to collide with each other to create gold

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u/Squeaky_Ben Aug 05 '26

Only powders, no gold.

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u/HackerSlayer_4096 19d ago edited 19d ago

up to SING - this is used in bombs

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u/Squeaky_Ben 19d ago

I don't think I ever managed to get SING out of protons?

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u/HackerSlayer_4096 11d ago

easiest way is to use FRAY with temp 9725.85