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The processes (fission and fusion) that release energy in nuclear explosions complete in from about 10 microseconds to about 50 microseconds depending on the exact design used. How far a falling bomb might move in that time will depend on its velocity, but this distance will be insignificant compared to the diameter of the fireball.
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Which is the best fuel for nuclear bomb plutonium or uranium?
Plutonium
What is needed to produce nuclear energy?
The nuclear fuel either loaded in adedicatednuclear reactor or in an atomic bomb
Does the metallic fuel used for a nuclear bomb destabilize the atmosphere around the globe?
No!
Does fusion reaction occur in an atomic bomb?
They have a starter in a bomb and what this will do is shoot a neutron in the nuclear fuel starting a chain reaction
Is the nuclear bomb more powerful than the hydrogen bomb?
Nuclear bomb can mean either fission or fusion bomb. Hydrogen bomb means fusion bomb. The fusion bomb can be built with any yield one wants, just by adding more stages with more fuel. The fission bomb has a theoretical maximum yield that cannot be exceeded.
What is the difference between a atomic bomb and a nuclear core?
An atomic bomb is a complete deliverable bomb, including all nonnuclear components. The nuclear core is a rather small part, typically between 2 to 3 inches in diameter that contains the fissile fuel that when made supercritical by conventional explosives in the bomb fissions and provides the energy to drive the actual nuclear explosion.
What atoms are in a nuclear bomb?
many, some are the fuel, some are in the electronics, some are in the case, etc. each has different purposes.
What is the main element fuel for a nuclear bomb?
Depends on the bomb: Uranium, Plutonium, Lithium, and Hydrogen are the most common. Different bombs use different ones or different mixtures.
Is nuclear energy and nuclear fuel different?
Nuclear fuel is the fuel used to produce nuclear energy.
Which is most powerful the hydrogen bomb the atom bomb or the uranium bomb?
The 'uranium bomb' is an A-bomb and is a first generation nuclear weapon. The hydrogen bomb or H-bomb is a 2nd generation nuclear weapon and generally many times more powerful. 'H-bomb' can also refer to 3rd generation nuclear weapons that have an additional mass off uranium to provide further fuel, triggered by the 2nd generation fusion reaction; these are the most powerful. But recent studies show that the H-Bomb has more mass, therefore more energy, and therefore has more energy. So the H-bomb is more powerful.
What was the fuel used in the first nuclear bomb test?
In the test bomb, the material was plutonium. Plutonium was also used in one of the bombs dropped on Japan, Fat Man. Little Boy, the bomb dropped on Nagasaki, was made of uranium.
What advances have been possible from the nuclear bomb?
Nuclear power plants, submarines and aircraft carriers propelled by nuclear reactors. In the future, may be all sort of vehicles could have small and very protected nuclear reactors instead of today's fuel.
