What is the difference between a fusion bomb and fission bomb?
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Fission bombs create their energy through a chain reaction of fissionable material (Uranium-235 or Plutonium-239). These sponateously break into smaller atoms, relasing a few nuetrons in the process. The neutrons, when striking another fissionable nucleus, trigger fission in that one, releasing more neutrons, and soon enough it goes boom.
Fusion bombs rely on the fusion of hydrogen isotopes (deuterium and tritium) into Helium. Usually this is done by compressing and heating a mass of lithium deuteride with a fission bomb explosion. It's a little more complex than that, but you get the basic idea.
Fusion bombs rely on the fusion of hydrogen isotopes (deuterium and tritium) into Helium. Usually this is done by compressing and heating a mass of lithium deuteride with a fission bomb explosion. It's a little more complex than that, but you get the basic idea.
hydrogen/fusion bombs use a small fission (uranium/plutonium) bomb to create the heat/pressure needs to set off the fusion reaction
the energy derived from fusion is greater than from fission, thus , the H bomb (fusion) is much more destructive
and the fusion "fuel" is cheaper to gather than the fission "fuel", so H bombs in mass are cheaper to produce (than equivalent yield fission bombs)
the energy derived from fusion is greater than from fission, thus , the H bomb (fusion) is much more destructive
and the fusion "fuel" is cheaper to gather than the fission "fuel", so H bombs in mass are cheaper to produce (than equivalent yield fission bombs)
OverVolt
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Eh? fusion bombs are a bit more complex though, probably harder to manufacture versus just buying the raw materials, i bet they are close in price.
Of course, i doubt anyone is doing anything but talking out of their a-hole, since my $$$ is on no one here being a nuclear bomb tech/engineer/scientist.
I used to work at facility that designed nuclear weapons, though I wasn't in that department myself (I worked with the particle accelerators and neutron time-of-flight measurement systems, which has more to do with the theory behind the design than the mechanical design itself). I did attend seminars on nuclear weapons design while I was there, but, of course, none of your notes or other work can leave the facility.
Nobody posted it.
The Sun is basically a Fussion bomb.
That should give you an idea of the difference in power.
The Sun is basically a Fussion bomb.
That should give you an idea of the difference in power.
A fission bomb uses a shell or ball of either plutonium or U235 (usually Plutonium) that is compressed into a small sphere to reach critical mass to allow fission to occur. Fission then splits the Plutonium atoms, releasing energy.
A fusion bomb (H-bomb) is usually a three stage device, which starts as a fission trigger (fission bomb above), which ignites (by heating) hydrogen (actually Lithium deuteride) to cause fusion of those atoms, which release energy. The third stage is usually U238 which is around the fusion burn and the energy from that sets off the U238. So Fission -> Fusion -> Fission.
Google for Richard Rhode's two books,
The Making of the Atomic Bomb
Dark Sun
They are very interesting books.
A fusion bomb (H-bomb) is usually a three stage device, which starts as a fission trigger (fission bomb above), which ignites (by heating) hydrogen (actually Lithium deuteride) to cause fusion of those atoms, which release energy. The third stage is usually U238 which is around the fusion burn and the energy from that sets off the U238. So Fission -> Fusion -> Fission.
Google for Richard Rhode's two books,
The Making of the Atomic Bomb
Dark Sun
They are very interesting books.
You can launch Fission bombs when playing pocket tanks...I don't think you can launch Fusion bombs when playing pocket tanks though. (might be wrong)
fusion means to combine H atoms. releases a gigantic amount of energy.
fission splits apart either
* Uranium-235 (235U), the rare isotope of uranium, critical mass about 5 kg
* or Plutonium, some combination of 239Pu and 240Pu, critical mass about 16 kg.
by introducing a nutron into a clumped mass of nuclear material. as the atoms split, each split releases an amount of energy and another nutron to add to the mix.
ususally, fisiion reactions are startedoff with conventional explosives to compress the material and fire a tritium source into the nuclear material to start the reaction. releases less energy than fusion.
fission splits apart either
* Uranium-235 (235U), the rare isotope of uranium, critical mass about 5 kg
* or Plutonium, some combination of 239Pu and 240Pu, critical mass about 16 kg.
by introducing a nutron into a clumped mass of nuclear material. as the atoms split, each split releases an amount of energy and another nutron to add to the mix.
ususally, fisiion reactions are startedoff with conventional explosives to compress the material and fire a tritium source into the nuclear material to start the reaction. releases less energy than fusion.
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Kadarin
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No offense, but did you even try with Google? I googled for "how does a fusion bomb work", and got this as my second link: http://ibs.howstuffworks.com/ibs/den/nuclear-bomb.htm
One goes like This:
0 --> 0 0 which leads to *BOOM*
The other goes like this
0 0 --> 0 which leads to *BOOM*
0 --> 0 0 which leads to *BOOM*
The other goes like this
0 0 --> 0 which leads to *BOOM*
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I wouldn't really consider it a fusion "bomb" since the bomb part implies that it's an unstable instantaneous reaction. The forces of the reaction are controlled by the force of gravity pushing inward... if the sun really were a bomb, i'm reasonably sure it would take out the vast majority of our solar system.
::Edit:: And yeah OP, you either spelled fission/fusion wrong or you are the laziest googler i've ever met. cause there are thousands upon thousands of informative websites on the topic.
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