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Why was spliting the atom nessersary for the Americains to make the bomb blow up in Hiroshima?
The atoms splitting is what causes the explosion, without the technology to cause atoms to split the bomb was just another pile of junk.
What atom was split to make a bomb?
uranium
What does an atom bomb do?
Without going into rigorous scientific detail, an atomic bomb works by nuclear fission. That is, large atoms - namely uranium or plutonium - are split into smaller atoms in an uncontrolled chain reaction. One atom splits, neutrons from that split strike and split more atoms, which release more neutrons, and so forth, in what is called a chain reaction. This releases a tremendous amount of energy all at once. Thus a single bomb, weighing no more than a few hundred pounds, explodes with the force of tens of thousands of tons of TNT.When we look at a hydrogen bomb, which is also a type of nuclear weapon (though strictly not an atomic bomb), we see that it works by nuclear fusion. That is small atoms - namely isotopes of hydrogen - are fused together to make atoms of helium. This releases even more energy. Thus a hydrogen bomb has a force of hundreds of thousands, or even millions of tons of TNT. Fusion requires fantastic temperatures and pressures to occur. The only way to create those conditions is to set off one or more atomic fission bombs. Essentially, a hydrogen bomb is a nuclear fusion device that requires an fission bomb as a detonator.Both types of bombs produce several effects: a blast wave, thermal (heat) energy, prompt (i.e. immediate) radiation, and fallout (long-term radiation), as well as intense electromagnetic disruption. The exact amount of each depends on the design of the weapon, its size, and where it was detonated.For the more detailed technical answer, use the link you'll find below for the related question.
Why does the atomic bomb make an explosion?
uncontrolled nuclear fission and/or fusion.
Was the knowledge from atom bomb used to make a nuclear reactor?
No, Enrico Fermi constructed and operated the first nuclear reactor (CP-1) in 1942. Several larger nuclear reactors were needed first to make the plutonium for the MK-3 Fatman atomic bomb, which was not tested until 1945. Their principles of operation are quite different, except that both operate by nuclear chain reaction.
How energy released in nuclear energy?
When there is nuclear fusion (when atoms push together and make energy) and nuclear fission (when atoms split apart to make energy).
What is nuclear energy i don't understand?
nuclear energy is a type of energy made by splitting atoms when the atoms split they make energy
What does the nuclear bomb do?
Without going into rigorous scientific detail, an atomic bomb works by nuclear fission. That is large atoms, namely uranium or plutonium, are split into smaller atoms in an uncontrolled chain reaction. One atom splits, neutrons from that split strike and split more atoms, which release more neutrons when they split which then split still more atoms. This releases a tremendous amount of energy all at once. Thus a single bomb, weighing no more than a few hundred or thousand pounds, explodes with the force of tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of tons of TNT.When we look at a hydrogen bomb, which is also a type of atomic bomb, we see that it works by nuclear fusion. That is small atoms, namely hydrogen, are fused together to make atoms of helium. This releases even more energy. Thus a hydrogen bomb has a force of hundreds of thousands, or even many millions of tons of TNT. Fusion requires fantastic temeratures and pressures to occur. The only way to create those conditions is to set off one or more atomic fission bombs. Essentially, a hydrogen bomb is a nuclear fusion device that requires an fission bomb as a detonator.For the more detailed technical answer, use the link you'll find below to the related question.
Is nuclear and peat burned to make electricity?
nuclear energy gets the power from the atoms getting split that's nuclear but i don't know what peat is sorry
Why was spliting the atom nessersary for the Americains to make the bomb blow up in Hiroshima?
The atoms splitting is what causes the explosion, without the technology to cause atoms to split the bomb was just another pile of junk.
When did Germany make nuclear bomb?
Germany has not made a nuclear bomb.
How a nuclear bomb works?
Well, the technical explanation is very complicated, so I will make it more simple: there are the fission bomb, and the thermonuclear bomb. The fission bomb makes an explosion through the splitting of atom. Atom is the smallest measurement. There are neutrons and photons in a atom. But when you split the atom to make a big explosion, you do not use any atom. We usually use an atom of uranium-235. When the uranium atom is split, the normal amount of neutrons or photons does not come out. Then the neutrons release lots of energy! (Very simple explanation: A fission bomb is a bomb that uses energy from splitting uncontrolled atoms. And a thermonuclear bomb is just opposite to fission bomb, it gets energy from fusion of atoms to make a heavier one.
Are nuclear fusion and nuclear fission opposites?
Sort of. Nuclear fusion is when two atoms are fused together to make another one, while nuclear fission is when one atom is split into two atoms. Both processes, however, involve a loss of mass representing the binding energy that was released. This binding energy is manifest as heat. It just happens that the amount of loss is far greater in fusion than in fission. That's why the H-Bomb (a fusion device) is so much more powerful than the A-Bomb (a fission device).
What happens when you split a nucleus?
You can't. You can't split atoms, which have a nucleus, so therefore you can¡t split the nucleus, which is an even smaller, inner part. It's mathematically and scientifically impossible! Actually no, Nuclear energy used in nuclear power plants and atomic bombs use the energy from a split nucleus of plutonium or uranium. So why is it that you think that a nucleus cannot be split when the USA has used a nuclear bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki..... Genius.
How to make nuclear bomb-?
To make a nuclear bomb, you need the fissionable material such as a Plutonium239 isotope, an explosive to start the nuclear chain reaction, a detonator, and a pusher.
What was important about Albert Einstein's making of the nuclear bomb?
Albert Einstein did not make the nuclear bomb. Oppenheimer did.
What is nuclear energy mostly used for?
To make deadly Nuclear bomb
