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The difference is the source of explosive energy, the temperature, and the reaction rate:
- atomic bomb, the explosive energy comes from the strong force nuclear binding energy, the temperature is millions of degrees, the reaction rate is on a scale of microseconds
- TNT, the explosive energy comes from the electrostatic force of chemical bonds between valence band electrons, the temperature is thousands of degrees, the reaction rate is on the scale of milliseconds
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Why was the hydrogen bomb created?
The short answer is that the hydrogen bomb -- the fusion bomb -- was the natural extension of the relatively simple fission bombs used over Japan in WWII. The very creation of the fission "atomic" bomb made possible the pressures and temperatures needed to foster a fusion reaction. Doing so promised to unleash a level of energy and power unheard of even within the circles of Los Alamos. More to the point, the Soviet Union had been conducting a crash development program to create an atomic bomb after WWII, a program that used the Soviet bomb research, but added to it all the missing pieces supplied to them by agents in the US. Spies like Klaus Fuchs and Ethel and Julius Rosenberg supplied the USSR with the design details for the basic A-bomb. In 1949, about the same time they figured out how to reverse-engineer a B-29, the Soviets detonated an atomic bomb. Having stolen secrets far beyond the mere "firecracker" of a fission A-bomb, the Soviets immediately embarked on a crash program to develop the same thing the Americans were working on -- the fusion bomb. The "hydrogen" bomb, or "thermonuclear" bomb, borrows its power and its design from our sun. The star we depend on is powered by a never-ending cycle of nuclear fusion and fission. The "hydrogen" bomb works by using the heat and energy of fission to create fusion, then the heat and energy of fusion to create fission again. It works pretty well; the numbers went from kilotons of TNT to megatons of TNT. Why was it created? It was the logical extension of the fission bomb. It was the BIGGEST bomb around. It allowed one to place the word "megaton" into one's dictionary. American megatons and Soviet megatons lubricated the Cold War. For over forty years, East faced West, megatons in holsters at hips, and not one nuclear shot was fired. (The Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962 was ugly, but in the end, it was settled diplomatically.) No shots were fired because everyone was afraid that somebody somewhere might launch a missile or fire a shot that carried a "hydrogen bomb."
Is tnt covalent compound or ionic?
TNT is a molecular compound.
Is TNT explosion a chemical property?
A chemical reaction occurs but this is a physical change since it can't be reversed.
What is a palindrome for trinitrotoluene?
TNT
What is the pH of TNT?
Substances don't have a uniform pH. It depends on the concentration. That said, I would expect TNT to be neutral, or nearly so.
What does an atomic bomb use for explosion?
TNT(Trinitrotolune)
Why was the atomic bomb dropped on Japan in world war 2 have so much TNT?
The bomb did not have tnt. The atomic power is measurred using tnt was the base. TNT is a unit of energy equal to 4.184 gigajoules, which is approximately the amount of energy released in the detonation of one ton of TNT, and a bomb with one kiloton has the blast compared to one ton of tnt.
What does an atomic bomb use for explosive power?
TNT(Trinitrotolune)
How many tons of tnt equals the power of a atom bomb?
that varies with yield, which is specified in tons of TNT and would thus be your answer. atomic bombs have been built and tested with yields from 10 tons of TNT to over 50 million tons of TNT.
What is the equivalent of conventional bombs to an atomic bomb of 1945?
About 20 kilotons of TNT. Assuming an average conventional bomb of the period weighed 200 pounds, one atomic bomb was equivalent to 200,000 conventional bombs.
What does atomic bombs use for its explosive power?
the atomic bomb gets its power from the hydrogen atom, which is split, releasing a tremendous amount of energy.
How big was the nuclear bomb?
The atomic bomb, formed my nuclear fission? that was dropped by Americans on japan? well first, there was 2 of them and to answer your question HUGE Atomic bombs are measured by the mega tonne. That is the equivalent of 1 million tons of TNT. So a 50 mega tonne bomb is the equivalent of 50,000,000 tonnes of TNT exploding. The actual size of the bomb can be anything from a giant rocket to the size of a suitcase
How big was the first atomic bomb?
The first atomic bomb detonated was the Trinity Test Bomb on July 16, 1945. It had the estimated explosive power eqivalent of 20,000 Tons of TNT. It was identical to the bomb dropped on Nagasaki 3 weeks later. The Hiroshima bomb was of a different design and was about 15,000 Tons equvalent.
What is the meaning of 15 kilotons of energy?
Kilotons are used to measure the power of atomic bombs. A kiloton is the power equivalent of 1000 tons of TNT, a chemical explosive used in bombs. A 15 kiloton atomic bomb has the power of 15,000 tons of TNT.
What is the mass of matter that changed into energy when the atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki with an explosive power equivalent to 20000 tons of TNT was approximately?
The bomb had a weight of almost 10,000 pounds.
What was equal to 21000 atomic bombs?
There is no "nominal" atomic bomb, their yields can vary from less than 100 tons TNT equivalent to nearly 1 megaton TNT equivalent. Therefore there is no single meaningful answer to this question. Hydrogen bombs have no upper limit for yield!
What is the link between an atom and an atomic bomb?
an atom is the basic unit of a chemical element, it is composed of protons and neutrons in a tiny nucleus and electrons in an extended cloud around that nucleus.an atomic/nuclear bomb is a type of bomb that obtains its energy from reactions occurring inside the nucleus of the atoms, instead of from reactions occurring in the extended cloud of electrons as conventional bombs do.the fatman atomic bomb used in ww2 weighed 5 tons, without its plutonium core it is only a 5 ton blockbuster conventional bomb having a yield just under 5 tons of TNT; with the plutonium core it is an atomic bomb having a yield of 22,000 tons of TNT. this is an increase in yield of 4,400 times, by using the energy of the nucleus instead of the electrons!
