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There was no atomic bomb called Big Boy. Perhaps you are confusing it with a restaurant chain that bombed :-)
The two atomic bombs used in combat were Little Boy & Fat Man, their approximate weights were 9,000 pounds & 10,000 pounds respectively.
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Why is the hydrogen bomb dependent on the atomic bomb?
A hydrogen bomb is a fusion nuclear weapon, and the "regular" atomic bomb is a fission one. Both are an example of an "atomic bomb" in the general sense. But we know what you're asking, and here's the answer. In a fission weapon, subcritical masses of fissile material (usually plutonium) are driven together with conventional explosives to cause criticality, supercriticality and the blast. In a hydrogen bomb, the only way to get things hot enough for fusion to begin to occur is by virtue of the heat generated by a fission weapon. A fission blast will, if things are set up correctly, set off a fusion blast. Big, big, bigboom! That's the long and short of it. To build a hydrogen (fusion) weapon, you have to build a fission bomb "around" or "up against" components to cause fusion to occur in the heat of the fission reaction when that fission bomb goes off. Our sun is a gigantic fusion machine. It is similar to a hydrogen bomb in that both fuse hydrogen into helium. On the sun, it happens all the time in a continuous event. Here on earth, it's a one-shot affair and a massive boom!
What could been the causes for the big hole?
a bomb
What is a pyroclastic bomb?
A pyroclastic bomb is a big rock that can be spewed, blasted, or carved out of a volcano. They are usually deermined by their size and how dense the rock is
How big is scandium?
The calculated atomic radius is 184 picometers.
How big was the atomic bomb little boy?
The atoms in the atomic bombs used on Japan were atomic size. The size of the atom depends on what element or ion we're talking about. As for the bombs themselves, the Little Boy had a yield of about 12 to 14 kilotons, and Fat Man had a yield of about 20 kilotons.
How big was the explosion of the atomic bomb?
BIG
What is the name of nagasaki bomb?
There was no "Poison", it was just an atomic bomb.
What are the two types of atomic bomb?
Fat boy was the big bomb and little boy was the smaller bomb.
What was the nickname of the atomic bomb droped on nagasaki?
big boy
What was the first atomic bomb dropped on a city called?
Big boy
What was J Robert Oppenheimer's big discovery?
Robert Oppenheimer's big discovery was the atomic bomb
How was the atomic bomb a big advance in technology?
Mostly power because if you did not do what a country who possesed a atomic they threatened to blow you up
Where was announcement of dropping of atomic bomb?
Leaflets were dropped over Japan warning them of a "big bomb" but not naming it as an atom bomb. They were told to get their government to surrender or the big bomb would be dropped. The Military Leaders were asked to surrender again.
Was Indonesia affected by the atomic bomb?
No, an atomic bomb is not that big! The only thing that oculd have happened was some form of radiation fallout could have blown across the sea (which is what happed at Chenobyl)
What would happen if an atomic bomb was dropped on a nuclear power plant?
Big boom!!
Why should people care about the atomic bomb?
People should care about the atomic bomb attack because that is how WWII ended. It's a big deal considering that America was once allies with Japan and now they turn on the American citizens, so America decided to turn back on them and drop the Atom Bomb, or "Atomic Bomb".
When the first atomic bomb drop did not happen what did the US do?
they dropped litle-boyy or Big Man?
