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- 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!
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How did the study of light lead to the Bohr Model of the atom?
Any link exist between the study of light and the Bohr atomic model.
What does atomic number and relative atomic mass mean?
It's the mass of an atom expressed as a multiple of 1/12 of the mass of a carbon-12 atom at rest. Please see the link.
What is the number of protons or electron called?
The atomic number, or Z, is the number of protons in the nucleus of an atom of an element. This is what determines what element an atom is. A link can be found below.
What did Johannes dobereiner contribute to the atom?
Johann Döbereiner discovered patterns in atomic masses that foreshadowed the periodic table. Please see the link.
What deos the atomic mass represent?
The atomic number is the number of protons in the nucleus of an atom.(Note: that in a neutral atom the number of protons in the nucleus is also equal to the number of electrons the atom has)The atomic mass is the mass (weight) of all the components of the atom but is dominated by the nucleus composed of protons and neutrons. Basically atomic mass is how many times an atom of an element is heavier than an atom of hydrogen, (whose atomic mass is taken as unity [1]).(Note: atoms with the same atomic number [ie an element] may have slightly differing atomic masses. This is because atoms can have differing numbers of neutrons in their nucleus. These variations in atomic mass are called "isotopes" of that element)I have made a related link below showing you a Periodic Table of the Elements. The numbers on the table are the atomic numberof the element.An element's atomic number represents the number of protons that are present in the nucleus of an atom in that element.The atomic number represents the number of protons there is in that element. It also represents the number of electrons for that particular element only if the atom is atomically neutral and is not electrically charged. Typically, an atom does not lose protons so it is reliable to base this number on the number of protons in an atom as opposed to the number of electrons, seeing that electrons can be easily lost.
How long did it take to make the atom bomb?
See the related link 'Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki' below.
Where did the plane that was dropping the atomic bomb take off from?
The Enola Gay flew from the Island Of Tinian and returned to that island. The second atom bomb was sent from that Island too. See related link below.
Who was the Woman who split the first atom?
Lise Meitner, the woman who splitted the atom :) ------- 1. Lise Meitner worked with Otto Hahn and Fritz Strassmann. 2. Lise Meitner was not of German origin, but Jewish. 3. Any link between these three laboratory scientists and the use of the atomic bomb. They don't contributed to the Manhattan Project ar to another German weapons project. 4. The German atomic bomb was only a dream, not a reality.
How did the study of light lead to the Bohr Model of the atom?
Any link exist between the study of light and the Bohr atomic model.
What is architecture of atom of element?
See the link below for the atomic structure.
When was the first atomic bomb tested in New Mexico desert?
I believe it was Los Alamos Los Alamos was a town, it still is, no city developed the atomic bomb, it was a group of scientists that developed it.
The number of protons is called the atomic what?
The atomic number, or Z, is the number of protons in the nucleus of an atom of an element. This is what determines what element an atom is. A link can be found below.
When was the atomic bomb worked on?
The United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom worked in unison to create the atomic bombs (please see the related link for more info) dropped on Japan between 1942 and 1945.
What is the Enola Gay's link to WWII?
The plane was the one that dropped the atomic bomb over Hiroshima.
What does atomic number and relative atomic mass mean?
It's the mass of an atom expressed as a multiple of 1/12 of the mass of a carbon-12 atom at rest. Please see the link.
What is the background to the atomic bomb dropped in hiroshima and Nagasaki?
In the late 1930s the famous Physicist Eisenhower was notified by other German Physicists the Nazis were planning to build an atom bomb. He sent a letter to President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Roosevelt had a committee formed to determine the necessity of the US building an atom bomb and do a feasibility study if it was possible to build the atom bomb. It had never been done by any country in the world. Meanwhile, the Japanese and the German scientists were doing the same thing. Eventually all three countries started their own programs to create atom bombs. The Germans ended up not building any atomic bombs even though they had the knowledge and people who could build an atomic bomb. They had told Hitler it was too expansive and could not be done quick enough to win the war. He fell for it. BUT the Germans supplied uranium for the Japanese scientists who were working on the bomb. Some of this uranium was captured by the Americans at the end of the European side of the war. So they used some of Japan's uranium on the Japanese: this is known as the irony of the atomic bomb. Therefore the atomic bomb intended for Germany came to be used on Japan instead when the Allied Forces were forced to consider a way to avoid the invasion and fighting on the mainland island of Japan. Truman made the final decision to drop the atom bomb in the Japanese Military leaders would surrender. Avoiding the possibility of millions of Japanese deaths and allied deaths was the number one motivation for using the atomic bomb on Japan. For the entire story of the development and history of the first atomic bombs see the related link below.
What does the Newton atomic structure explain?
Any link between Newton and the atomic structure.
