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What do you do if you are caught in a nuclear explosion?
There isn't much you can do. Likely die.
How much distance can nuclear bomb explosion cover?
Depends on the power of the nuke. At the center of the explosion the destruction is total. Farther, damages become less destructive, but the radioactive cloud can travel tens or hundreds of kilometers.
How much heat would a nuclear bomb produce?
it is impossible to tell because the force would destroy anyything, including a thermometer!
Why are nuclear bombs more destructive than convectional bombs?
Nuclear bombs release energy from the nucleus of the atom, which is held together by the Strong Force. Conventional bombs release energy from the electron cloud of the atom, which is held to the nucleus by the Electromagnetic Force. The Strong Force is thousands of times stronger than the Electromagnetic Force and thus releases thousands of times as much energy.
How is the strong nuclear force affected by distance between nucleons?
We are familiar with forces, such as the force of gravity and the electromagnetic force, which are inversely proportional to the square of the distance between the center of the objects which are interacting by means of that force, however, not all forces are like that. The strong nuclear force is much more dependent upon distance. It is inversely proportion to the sixth power of the distance, not the square. So it goes in a very short distance from being a tremendously strong force, to a completely negligible force.
What do you do if you are caught in a nuclear explosion?
There isn't much you can do. Likely die.
How much dynamite in an M-80?
There Is a tenth (1/10) of a stick of dynamite in an M-80. It also has an outward explosion force of 50 lbs./PCI of explosion force.
Why did radiation occur after the atomic bomb hit Japan?
The atomic bombs are nuclear weapons that use a nuclear chain reaction to create a Hugh explosion. The by-product of the nuclear blast is radiation.Atomic explosion is created by setting off a lot of dynamite around a core of nuclear material. The blast compresses the material together and makes it unstable.A hydrogen bomb is a much more powerful bomb. It is the result of a small nuclear explosion that compresses more powerful radioactive material together and thus creating an explosion that is 100 times greater than an atomic bomb.
Does atomic explosion and nuclear explosion mean the same?
This question could be easily misconstrued. While atomic and nuclear explosion mean the same thing, and all atomic bombs are nuclear bombs, not all nuclear bombs are atomic bombs. The more powerful nuclear bombs are hydrogen bombs, and there is a very important fundamental difference between the two. ============================================================== A bomb is fission - the splitting of an atom H bomb is fusion - the joining together of atoms (and much more powerfull)
Why does a nuclear bomb cause such a large explosion?
Because it releases much more energy in a much shorter time than chemical explosives can.
What holds protons in the nucleus?
They are bound by nuclear force. At tiny distances, nuclear forces are much more significant in magnitude than gravity or electrostatic repulsion. The name of the force between protons in the nucleus is the "Strong Nuclear Force".
How much distance can nuclear bomb explosion cover?
Depends on the power of the nuke. At the center of the explosion the destruction is total. Farther, damages become less destructive, but the radioactive cloud can travel tens or hundreds of kilometers.
What are the effects of EMP explosion on the body?
First of all, EMPs don't really explode like a nuclear bomb. It releases alot of energy like a nuclear bomb. EMP's do not affect the body... that much.
What is the difference between a bomb and an nuclear bomb?
Basically, a conventional bomb uses a chemical explosive as the source of its destructive power. A nuclear weapon uses nuclear material to create an explosion. A nuclear explosion is much larger, and also emits ionizing radiation. A chemical weapon does not emit any radiation. A nuclear weapon's yield is measured in Kilotons (thousand tons). In very simplified terms, this means that a nuclear weapon with a 475 kiloton yield produces an explosion comparable to 475,000 tons of TNT (TNT is a chemical explosive). That's A LOT of TNT and it would take up a bit of space. A nuclear weapon with this yield may only be a few feet long and a foot wide, and the actual nuclear material may be the size of a grapefruit.
How much pressure on piston in gas engine I need to know the force applied to the piston during the explosion Better yet how to calculate the force?
see this link for your answer: http://www.springerlink.com/content/w28682230813211l/
The poison released by the meltdown of a nuclear reactor in Ukraine was?
Fission products and unused fuel were lofted by the smoke of the burning graphite moderator. This fell back down as fallout (not much different from fission bomb fallout, although no nuclear explosion was involved).
Does strong nucleus forces apply only over infinitely small distances?
Mathematically no, but the strength of the strong nuclear force decreases exponentially with distance, whereas gravitational and electromagnetic force each decrease by the square of distance between two applicable objects. Therefore at large enough distances, the strong nuclear force is much much weaker than the other two and can safely be treated as being non-applicable.
