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Why are thermonuclear bombs more disastrous than the normal bombs?
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∙ 11y ago
much higher yield per bomb.
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Why are thermonuclear bombs are more disastrous than nuclear bombs?
Nuclear bombs use nuclear fission of some heavy element, usually uranium or plutonium. Thermonuclear bombs use the detonation of a fission bomb to ignite the fusion of hydrogen. Such weapons are more powerful than ordinary nuclear weapons because nuclear fusion releases more energy than nuclear fission, and because the process of fusion itself can be used to ignite more fission.
Which one does more damage the atomic bomb or the thermonuclear bomb?
still, an normal atomic bomb is more powerful. a thermonuclear bomb can easily take out a base since the thermal energy it produces will easily deep-roast everything it touches, but it doesnt turn an entire city into ash in seconds, as do with a normal atomic bomb.
What was the largest nuclear bomb?
When people talk about nuclear bombs, they are generally in two categories; atomic and thermonuclear. Atomic bombs are like the ones dropped on Japan in 1945.Thermonuclear bombs have never been used in warfare and involve using an atomic bomb to set off an explosion of a thermonuclear bomb, like a hydrogen bomb.IN ADDITION:The Soviet exploded the largest nuclear bomb to date back in 1961. It was a hydrogen bomb which released energy equivalent to 57 megatons of TNT. Compare that to the 15 kilotons of energy released by the first atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima Japan during WWII ( 3,800 times more energy released). The name of this device was Tsar Bomba, meaning "king of bombs."
What was the nuclear bomb made of?
The first nuclear bombs were fission devices. The fissile materials used are Uranium 235 and Plutonium 239. Later bombs were thermonuclear or fusion weapons. The material used in some early experimental devices was tritium ( kept liquid at very low temperature). Modern thermonuclear devices use lithium 6 deuteride. Fusion weapons contain a small fission bomb to set them off. See the Related question for more information.
What is better atomic weapons or nuclear weapons?
Often these terms are used interchangeably to describe "nuclear weapons" since an atomic bomb derives it's energy from a nuclear chain reaction. What you may be referring to is that the original test and subsequent bombs dropped on Japan during WWII were fission bombs with the Trinity test bomb and Nagasaki bomb being implosion style fission bombs using Plutonium and the Hiroshima bomb being a gun style fission bomb using Uranium. Subsequently, the United States began testing the early prototypes of the modern style warheads which are called thermonuclear weapons because they use a fission bomb to ignite a nuclear fusion reaction which produces a substantially larger yield than the initial fission bombs. The first test of a thermonuclear weapon was a hydrogen bomb detonated in 1952. So in terms of yield, the modern style thermonuclear weapons are drastically more efficient than the early fission bombs.
How the atomic bomb change America?
it basicly made an all out war disastrous and impossible, if the U.S.A got into an all out war then nucluar bombs would destroy the world. this knowledge made countries a tad more peaceful
Could you do fusion in real life?
Yes, it happens in thermonuclear bombs, and also under certain laboratory conditions (though so far, the break-even point where more energy is produced than is used to cause the fusion in the first place has not been reached).
More people were killed in air raids than by the two atomic bombs but it was the atomic bomb that was condemnedwhy do you think this is?
More people were killed in air raid because they were used more as the atomic was hard to make and cost more money so using more normal bombs more often would have been cheaper even thought the atomic bombs were a) more powerful, and, b) even thought they killed more people the air raids were more particle.
What bombs were made because of atomic bombs?
More & higher yield atomic bombs, I guess.
What is a nuclear buildup?
Making more bombs or bigger bombs.
Why thermonuclear Godzilla can’t beat heisei godzilla?
It’s because heisei Godzilla powers were too strong for legendary Godzilla, so instead of being thermonuclear, he needs to become more supered stronger thermonuclear Godzilla which is purple will kill heisei Godzilla, so legendary godzilla wins!
Which of these weapons are more dangerous swords or bombs?
bombs are actually more dangerous but swords were for real men.
