If I cut a thing in two, are the two pieces together exactly the same size as the original?

Or to rephrase it: does a knife/scissors/etc just split something or does it remove something?

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[–] 0 points 11 months ago

Not bonds within atoms, bonds between atoms. Or molecules. That depends on the exact material being cut.

And yeah, on a large scale it gets exploded, but on a scale of cutting paper with scissors it mostly gets lost as heat.

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