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A boosted fission device uses a hollow sealed fissile core. The hollow part contains a measured amount of tritium gas. When the fission device is detonated the heat and pressure ignites tritium fusion in the gas. This fusion emits a flood of high energy neutrons, which causes additional fissions in the (now vapor) fissile material, boosting the yield. Such devices can be implemented with a "Dial-a-Yield" feature by allowing different amounts of tritium gas to be injected into the hollow core (more tritium, more neutrons, more yield).
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Is reaction on sun a fusion or fission?
fission..sup
What is the opposite reaction to fusion?
fission
What are two types of reaction?
Fission and fusion
How a fusion reactor would be similar to a fission reactor?
explain how a fusion reactor would be similar to a fission reaction
Can fusion take place in the nucleus of a uranium atom?
Not fusion, but a fission reaction.
Atomic bombs are the result of what nuclear reaction?
fission and/or fusion
What kind of reaction can change an element into another?
Fusion or fission.
What type of reaction supplies the most energy?
fusion nuclear reaction followed by fission nuclear reaction
The opposite reaction to fusion is called?
Fission is the opposite reaction to fusion. Fission involves the splitting of a heavy atomic nucleus into lighter elements, releasing a large amount of energy in the process.
Do H-bombs deal with fission?
To some degree. Hydrogen bombs release energy via nuclear fusion, but they use a fission reaction to trigger the fusion.
Is nuclear energy a fission or fusion reaction?
Nuclear energy is either:fission reaction, orfusion reaction, orradioactive decay
Why a fission reaction is neccasary for fusion reaction?
It isn't, in general. Thermonuclear bombs use a fission bomb to generate the heat and pressure required to start the fusion process, but there are other ways of doing it (stars do so by gravity, for instance).
