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The cobalt bomb is a modified hydrogen bomb containing a jacket of cobalt. Natural cobalt is isotopically pure stable cobalt-59 and when it captures a high energy fusion neutron it transmutes to the highly radioactive isotope cobalt-60. This dramatically increases the fallout produced.
The cobalt bomb was proposed for use as an area denial weapon, as the cobalt-60 fallout contaminated area would be completely uninhabitable for roughly 25 years. But it never made it to development as an actual weapon by any country. You simply cannot control where the fallout will go or its distribution, making it as dangerous to the army using it as to the army it is used on.
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What is another name for fusion bomb?
hydrogen bomb, or a nuclear bomb
What is a catchy title for the atomic bomb?
The A-Bomb and Atom Bomb, those are cool to say.
Which atomic bomb used uranium and which used plutonium?
Hiroshima bomb: uranium Nagasaki bomb: plutonium
What type of bomb fell on Hiroshima?
Which bomb?? If you mean the code name given to the bomb dropped on Hiroshima, it was called "little boy".
What is a cannonball bomb?
a bomb with high amount of gun powder.
Where was the cobalt bomb made?
Russia
What is the c bomb?
(Rhymes with "Bunt") Actually I think the C bomb refers to the Radioactive Cobalt 60 bomb.
What are the release dates for Sea Hunt - 1958 Cobalt Bomb 3-6?
Sea Hunt - 1958 Cobalt Bomb 3-6 was released on: USA: 13 February 1960
When was cobalt bomb inventedall?
well it was close but london treated its first patient but
How destructive is a cobalt bomb?
Cobalt bomb is not much destructive, actually it's not a 'bomb' exactly. It's merely a device used as a source of gamma rays and is used in medicine and other applications. The only dangers that could be associated with it is a possibility of contamination when some serious mishandling and failure happens.
What type of thermonuclear bomb would be far more practical and dangerous than a cobalt bomb and have significant military advantages but is probably too expensive for any country to build?
There is no such thing as a cobalt bomb, such as described in various comic books in the past. The only known (non-classified) thermonuclear bombs are the A-Bomb and the H-Bomb. The H-Bomb is much more powerful and expensive, but several countries already have it. Actually I'll answer this myself... The Gold-Bomb. Replacing about 1 ton of Uranium tamper on the secondary with 1 ton of gold would produce a very practical "salted" high contamination bomb. but the gold is probably too expensive for anyone to try it. The cobalt bomb is impractical because cobalt's capture crosssection is too small for high energy fusion neutrons. See Chuck Hansen's "Swords of Armageddon" Volume V for details.
Is the a bomb that can kill the whole world?
A cobalt bomb could destroy an entire country.
Is there more than one kind of atomic bomb?
Actually there are several types of atomic bomb, which include your basic fission bomb, the more powerful hydrogen bomb, the enhanced radiation or neutron bomb, the high-fallout cobalt bomb for maximum toxicity, and the pocket-nuke, to smuggle in your luggage in order to clandestinely destroy some enemy city.
What are facts about cobalt?
1) Cobalt compounds have been used for centuries to impart a rich blue color to glass, glazes, and ceramics.2) Swedish chemist Georg Brandt (1694-1768) is credited with isolating cobalt in 1735. He was able to show that cobalt was the source of the blue color in glass, which previously had been attributed to the bismuth found with cobalt.3) The word cobalt is derived from the German kobalt, from kobold meaning "goblin", a term used for the ore of cobalt by miners4) Cobalt in small amounts is essential to many living organisms, including humans. Having 0.13 to 0.30 mg/kg of cobalt in soils markedly improves the health of grazing animals. Cobalt is a central component of the vitamin cobalamin, or vitamin B12.5) Cobalt -60 (one of the isotopes of Co) is a high-energy gamma ray emitter. Acute high-dose exposures to the gamma emissions, such as can occur when irradiation equipment is inadvertently diverted into scrap, can cause severe burns and death. Extended exposures increase the risk of morbidity or mortality from cancer6) The Cobalt -60, dispersed as nuclear fallout, creates what is sometimes called a dirty bomb or cobalt bomb, once predicted by physicist Leó Szilárd as being capable of wiping out all life on earth.By Jynx1178
What is a compound for cobalt?
Yes, cobalt form many chemical compounds as cobalt nitrate, cobalt chloride, cobalt sulfate, cobalt sulfide, etc.
Who invented cobalt?
In 1732, Georg Brandt, a Swedish chemist, discovered cobalt. He was attempting to prove that the ability of certain minerals to color glass blue was due to an unknown element, and not to bismuth, as was commonly believed at the time.
Can cobalt form a compound?
Yes, cobalt form many chemical compounds as cobalt nitrate, cobalt chloride, cobalt sulfate, cobalt sulfide, etc.
