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- nuclear fusion makes hydrogen bombs possible
- an actual hydrogen bomb is a rather complex device, involving both nuclear fission and nuclear fusion triggering each other in a precisely timed sequence. Most hydrogen bombs derive 90% of their yield from nuclear fission, almost all of this is from fission of uranium-238 in the tamper around the last fusion stage caused by high energy (15 MeV) fusion neutrons.
Hydrogen bombs operate on a fission-fusion-fission sequence. The full process of a typical modern hydrogen bomb goes something like this:
- The X-Unit (master timing controller) fires 32 detonators on the explosive lenses of the fission primary stage.
- The explosive lenses create an implosion shock wave which crushes the hollow tritium gas filled sealed pit made of plutonium to about 1/3 its normal size (about 27 times its normal density and very supercritical).
- The X-Unit fires the electrical neutron source (a miniature particle accelerator accelerating tritium ions). The fusionof these tritium ions fires neutrons through the supercritical plutonium core.
- Fission begins in the primary stage core.
- When the compressed tritium gas in the sealed pit inside the primary core is heated enough by fission, fusion begins in the center of the primary stage core.
- Neutrons from the tritium fusion in the center of the primary core "boosts" the fission of the plutonium of the primary core.
- X-rays from the primary stage travel through the radiation channel from the primary stage to the cylindrical secondary stage and down its length.
- The x-rays cause a radiation implosion of the secondary stage, compressing it rapidly to very high density.
- Neutrons from the primary stage travel to the "sparkplug", a rod of plutonium in the center of the secondary stage and running its length, which by this time the radiation implosion has compressed to supercriticality.
- The "sparkplug" fissions, emitting neutrons into the lithium deuteride layer of the secondary around the "sparkplug". The lithium captures these neutrons and produces tritium, resulting in a deuterium tritium fusion fuel mix.
- The "sparkplug" continues fissioning, pushing out against the radiation implosion. This combined inward and outward pressure compresses and heats the deuterium tritium fusion fuel mix until fusion begins in the secondary stage.
- High energy (15 MeV) neutrons from the secondary stage fusion cause fission in the uranium-238 tamper surrounding the secondary.
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Does the H bomb have radiation?
Yes. Hydrogen bombs are, in fact, a variety of atomic weapon.
Which is most powerful a nuke an atomic bomb or a hydrogen bomb?
An H-Bomb is 1000 times stronger than an atomic bomb. Atomic explosions are based on splitting atoms and is a fission explosion or fission bomb. The Hydrogen bomb (also called H-Bomb) is a Fusion reaction where atoms are forced together. Atomic bombs were used in World War II, Hydrogen bombs have been tested, but not used in war.
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)
Is a neutron bomb more deadlier than a nuclear bomb?
A neutron bomb is a nuclear bomb.Specifically a neutron bomb is a modified fusion (hydrogen) bomb.In a standard fusion bomb the fusion tamper is Uranium-238. This absorbs the high energy fusion neutrons and fissions, producing roughly 90% of the yield of the fusion bomb and most of the fallout.If instead we change the fusion tamper to a different dense metal with a much much smaller cross-section for absorbing neutrons, then most of them escape. This is a "neutron" bomb. If everything else is the same, it has only about 10% of the yield and a tiny fraction of the fallout of the standard fusion bomb (making it a "clean" bomb).Sometimes the neutron bomb is considered an anti-tank weapon, as the neutrons can pass through the tank and irradiate the crew while the lower yield and fallout produce less blast damage and radiological contamination.However the high neutron flux induces secondary radioactivity in most exposed materials. This is also a form of radiological contamination, but cannot be washed off like fallout.
Is an atom bomb the same as an atomic bomb?
Atomic bombs use nuclear fission to cause near perpetual chains of reactions. Nuclear warheads (Nukes) just sums up all the different types, including hydrogen bombs (which use nuclear fusion, a much more potent type of power) and atomic bombs. So yes, they are the same.
How is energy produced in the suns core?
By thermonuclear fusion of hydrogen, producing helium. The same process that produces the energy in a hydrogen bomb (although the sun fuses far more hydrogen in the same period of time than the largest hydrogen bomb ever speculated would fuse during its entire explosion, thus producing more energy than such a bomb).
What is powered by fusion the same power as a hydrogen bomb?
stars
What is the process that produces energy in our sun?
The process that produces energy in our sun is called nuclear fusion. The fusion reaction combines hydrogen atoms into helium releasing a great deal of energy. The is the same processed as in the hydrogen bomb.
Does the H bomb have radiation?
Yes. Hydrogen bombs are, in fact, a variety of atomic weapon.
Is the nuclear reaction in the sun the same as in nuclear bombs?
In the so-called "hydrogen bomb" or fusion bomb, yes, there is energy released from the same reaction (hydrogen fusing to helium) as in the Sun.However, many if not most atomic bombs are fission bombs that do not involve fusion. In a fission bomb, the nuclei of uranium atoms are split, converting some of their mass to energy.All current fusion bombs include fission reactions to trigger the greater energy release from fusion. But most of the energy in very large fission-fusion bombs comes from a third-stage reaction: the fusion causes an exceptionally powerful fission reaction in a uranium shell around the bomb. This called a Teller-Ulam device or fission-fusion-fission bomb.
What is stronger between the atomic bomb and hydrogen bomb?
In general, a fusion bomb (hydrogen bomb) is more powerful than a fission (atomic) bomb. Fusion bombs use an atomic bomb to begin the fusion reaction.
Is the atom bomb and the hydrogen bomb the same thing?
No. Atomic bombs use fission, hydrogen bombs use fusion (and are more powerful)
What process gives the sun its energy?
Fusion at the core of the sun is the process that gives the sun its energy. Fusion is the same process found in the explosion of a hydrogen bomb.
Is the atom bomb and a nuke the same?
No, an atomic bomb uses fission, but a nuclear or thermonuclear bomb combines fission and nuclear fusion. Therefore, a nuke is more powerful than an atom bomb.
Is a hydrogen bomb the same as a nuclear bomb?
Hydrogen bombs, or thermonuclear explosives, are one form of nuclear weapon, gaining a tremendous increase in explosive power from the fusion of atoms. This is the opposite of the fission reaction, which generates energy by splitting a larger atom into smaller ones. But the fusion bombs currently used require a fission trigger, which means they still produce radioactive fallout, just less for the equivalent energy yield.
Which is most powerful a nuke an atomic bomb or a hydrogen bomb?
An H-Bomb is 1000 times stronger than an atomic bomb. Atomic explosions are based on splitting atoms and is a fission explosion or fission bomb. The Hydrogen bomb (also called H-Bomb) is a Fusion reaction where atoms are forced together. Atomic bombs were used in World War II, Hydrogen bombs have been tested, but not used in war.
What makes the sun so hot and why?
Nuclear fusion ======================== It's the same atomic process responsible for the great release of energy during the detonation of a hydrogen bomb, except that it goes on continuously in the core of the sun.
