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If you mean used by humans, this would have been the first H-bomb test, I'm not sure of the date.
Greenhouse George test in 1950, yield 225KTon, verified feasibility by "lighting a fusion match using a fission blast furnace". Probably much less than 1KTon of yield was due to fusion.
Ivy Mike test in 1952, yield 10MTon, erased the island of eugelab in eniwetok atoll. Device was 80 foot tall, 20 foot diameter, 2 foot thick steel case containing triple steel thermos filled with cryogenic liquid deuterium/tritium and an atomic bomb at the bottom below the thermos.
In 1953 the soviets did an H-bomb test, using solid lithium-deutride fuel in the first actual thermonuclear airdrop, but it was a different design that could not yield much more than a few megatons max.
The US Castle Bravo test in 1954, yield 15MTon, on the end of a causeway at eniwetok atoll punched a hole in the outer reef. Device was first solid lithium-deutride fueled bomb using principles of Ivy Mike design. 5MTon of yield was due to a totally unanticipated effect of the Lithium-7 isotope in the lithium-deutride.
Most of the rest of the high yield Castle and 1956 Redwing tests were either done as airdrops or barge tests in lagoon or Ivy Mike crater to limit further damage to the finite atoll landmass. (how considerate)
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∙ 11y agoEinstein didn't discover Nuclear Fusion, rather he found the relationship which could be used to calculate the amount of energy an nuclear reaction would release.
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∙ 14y agoIt has always existed in the stars. On earth it is still experimental and can hardly be said to have been successfully produced yet.
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Is nuclear chain reaction is called fusion?
The idea of nuclear fusion occurring at room temperature is called cold fusion.
How do nuclear fusion differ fundamentally from nuclear fission?
Nuclear fusion doesn't produce energy.
What is the benefit of nuclear fusion and What is one thing nuclear fission and nuclear fusion have in common?
nuclear fusion make more energy and they both make energy and have waste products
How does nuclear fusion power the sun for 10 billion years?
First, the Sun is pretty big, and there is a LOT of hydrogen. Second, nuclear fusion generates a WHOLE lot of energy.
What comes after nuclear fusion?
Nuclear fusion is itself a difficult enough one to crack!
What is blocking the development of thorium fusion?
Thorium is not a fissile material; the fission with neutrons is not important. Thorium was proposed a as a fertile material.Thorium is not involved in nuclear fusion.
A reaction in combining smaller atomic nuclei is?
nuclear fusion
What process produces the largest amount of energy given off by stars?
Nuclear Fusion
The process of combining two small nuclei into one nucleus of larger mass is called?
Combining two atomic nuclei is called nuclear fusion.
Is fusion chemical nuclear or mechanical?
Fusion is a nuclear reaction.
Is nuclear chain reaction is called fusion?
The idea of nuclear fusion occurring at room temperature is called cold fusion.
Is fusion nuclear energy or chemical energy?
Nuclear fusion produces nuclear energy
What date did the first fusion generator operate?
The first work on nuclear fusion was performed in 1933 by Ernest Rutherford. The first nuclear fusion "reactor" was built in 1947 by teams in the UK and USSR. To this day no nuclear fusion "reactor" has been able to produce more energy than had to be put into it to get the reaction started, despite many different experiments on many different designs.
What is combining nuclei of atoms to produce energy called?
That would be nuclear fusion, like what happens in stars, when two hydrogen nuclei combine to form a helium nucleus.
What causes lesser pollution - nuclear fission or fusion?
Nuclear fusion
How do nuclear fusion differ fundamentally from nuclear fission?
Nuclear fusion doesn't produce energy.
Which term is used to indicate the process in which two small atomic nuclei emerge from a larger one?
nuclear fusion
