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Q: What atom was split to make a bomb?
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Does an atomic bomb split an atom?

no it doesnt


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 atoms too small to split into pieces?

you can split atoms that's how they created the atom bomb


Can atoms break into pieces?

Yes, an atom can break or split. This is the concept behind the atom bomb.


Is splitting an atom safe?

NO! They only split one atom in an Atomic Bomb. think of what would happen if you did it at home!


If atom are the finest particle than why atom bomb are getting blast?

They split the atoms which causes a great release of energy.


What is the name of a German chemist and Physicist who split the Uranium Atom in 1938 and also considered as the father of atom bomb?

Robert Julius Oppenheimer is credited with being the Father of the Atom bomb, but he was American.


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 is the purpose of Bert the Turtle in the video?

to make the atom bomb seem less threatning.


When was the bomb discovered?

First the radioactive material and split the atom. So it is not a discovery is was hard work.


What two isotopes cause the nucleus to split an atom bomb?

The isotopes are uranium-235 or plutonium-239.


Did the Americans make the atom bomb for a reason?

Yes.