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An atomic bomb works by fissioning a large number of atoms, releasing their residual binding energy. Fissile material, such as U-235 or Pu-239, is compressed into a supercritical mass, specifically what we call super prompt critical, where all of the negative coefficients drop out and only the fast neutrons are needed for the reaction (which accelerates exponentially). Since the material does not like to stay that way, there is a neutron source to start the reaction up when the compression is optimal, along with extremely sophisticated explosives and very massive inertial tampers such as U-238 which can hold the material together long enough to fully convert. (We are talking about microseconds, but the pressures are enormous.) The material loses mass, and the difference in mass is represented by energy using Einstein's mass-equivalence equation e = mc2, yielding an enormous amount of energy.
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∙ 11y agoRead Richard Rhodes book "the making of the atomic bomb" it has everything but the technical specifications on how (which are classified but could be determined by any competent physicist from unclassified sources).
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Did Albert Einstein know the atomic bomb would work?
Albert Einstein did not work on the atomic bomb.
Did Einstein develop the atomic bomb?
No, Albert Einstein did not develop the atomic bomb, which was developed by a team of researchers led by J. Robert Oppenheimer. Einstein's theoretical work does provide the basis upon which the bomb was developed.
Who discoverd the atomic bomb?
The atomic bomb is an artefact, and so an invention. Maybe you meant to ask who invented the atomic bomb ?
How did the nuclear bomb work?
I would recommend reading Richard Rhodes books: The Making of the Atomic Bomb and Dark Sun.
Did Thomas Edison build the atomic bomb?
he did not build the atomic bomb
Is atomic bomb a chemical change?
Work of an atomic bomb is a physical process.
Did Albert Einstein know the atomic bomb would work?
Albert Einstein did not work on the atomic bomb.
Is a atomic bomb physical or chemical change?
Work of an atomic bomb is a physical process.
How does the bomb work?
Try reading Richard Rhodes book The Making of the Atomic Bomb.
How was an atomic bomb repaired?
how was the atomic bomb repaired
Is Pakistani bomb is an Islamic bomb?
If you consider the US atomic bomb is a Christian bomb, the French atomic bomb is also Christian bomb and so on, then you can name the Pakistani atomic bomb an Islamic bomb.
Did Einstein develop the atomic bomb?
No, Albert Einstein did not develop the atomic bomb, which was developed by a team of researchers led by J. Robert Oppenheimer. Einstein's theoretical work does provide the basis upon which the bomb was developed.
Who discoverd the atomic bomb?
The atomic bomb is an artefact, and so an invention. Maybe you meant to ask who invented the atomic bomb ?
Where was the atomic bomb work on you nm?
Los Alamos, as part of Manhattan Project.
What did the Manhattan Project of U.S government work on?
Building the first atomic bomb.
How did the nuclear bomb work?
I would recommend reading Richard Rhodes books: The Making of the Atomic Bomb and Dark Sun.
When did Pakistan explode their first atomic bomb?
18th May1998, but its not atomic bomb (its nuclear bomb)
