Materials needed to make an atomic bomb are:
fissionable material (Plutonium239 isotope)
explosive to start the nuclear chain reaction (TNT, Gelignite or semtex)
detonator
pusher (made from aluminium, beryllium)
In simple terms, an atom bomb is a device containing pieces of fission material at sub-critical masses (self-sustaining chain reaction cannot occur). When the bomb is activated, the pieces are brought together into critical or super-critical mass so that a self-sustaining chain reaction can occur. Two models of making this happen are the gun model and the implosion model. The gun model shoots a piece of fission material into another piece, producing super-critical mass. The implosion model uses an explosive to compress the fission material to critical density.
First you build an atom bomb.
Then you jacket it (surround it) with hydrogen and its isotopes.
Done.
In general, a fusion bomb (hydrogen bomb) is more powerful than a fission (atomic) bomb. Fusion bombs use an atomic bomb to begin the fusion reaction.
The Manhattan Project was instigated to build a nuclear reactor and consequently the first atomic bomb.
Yes there was a third atomic bomb named Junior.But the bomb was never used.Insead it was buried,on an unmapped island.But the reason they did not use it was Beacuse they did not have to.Beacuse after Fat Man and Little Boy was built and dropped the war ended. So that caused them not to use the third atomic bomb,Junior. Yes there was a third atomic bomb named Junior.But the bomb was never used.Insead it was buried,on an unmapped island.But the reason they did not use it was Beacuse they did not have to.Beacuse after Fat Man and Little Boy was built and dropped the war ended. So that caused them not to use the third atomic bomb,Junior.
The US employed Atomic Bombs as a last resort. The first bomb's widespread aftereffects.
I suggest Richard Rhodes book The Making of the Atomic Bomb.
he did not build the atomic bomb
no
the Nazi didn't build the atomic bomb the Americans did....
To defend against a possible Nazi atomic bomb!
1945
No, they designed but did not build them.
the first atomic bomb.......................................
The fear that Germany was already well on the way to building an atomic bomb and could make first use of them against either England or the USSR at any moment.
the Manhattan project
Yes, that was its codename.
Manhattan Project
It takes very little time to build an atomic bomb, once a country has the necessary industrial infrastructure to produce the fissile material.