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Where did the uranium that was used in Hiroshima atomic bomb come from?
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Where does hydrogen for bomb making come from?
There are 2 isotopes of hydrogen needed to make a hydrogen bomb: deuterium and tritium. Deuterium occurs naturally in small amounts mixed with ordinary hydrogen (just like uranium-235 occurs naturally in small amounts in natural uranium), it is obtained by a heavy water enrichment cascade using ordinary water as the input feed. Tritium does not occur naturally and must be manufactured by irradiating lithium with neutrons. Lithium is mined from the ground. The easiest way to manufacture the tritium for a hydrogen bomb is the in situ processwhere the bomb does it itself. The fuel for such a hydrogen bomb is lithium deuteride, fission generated neutrons irradiate the lithium deuteride, manufacturing tritium which mixes with the deuterium and the bomb is now ready to explode!Using a mixture of deuterium and tritium isotopes of hydrogen in the fusion bomb makes it practical as this mixture has the lowest ignition temperature.So to sum up your answer:deuterium is taken from watertritium is manufactured in the bomb from lithium, which is mined from the ground
Does Uranium 238 and 235 release neutrons in nature as they do in a fission process?
Yes, by spontaneous fission, but the nymber of neutrons is very small because the halflife of the spontenuoes fission is: for Uranium 235: (1,0 ± 0,3).1019 years for Uranium 238: (8,20 ± 0,10).1015years
What language does Uranium come from?
It is a mined material that comes from places like Canada, Australia and Kazakhstan. Canada is the world's largest producer of the raw material.
How can the atoms name be determined?
There are many different ways atoms were named, americium, fancium, and germanium got their names from countries. Californium was named after California. Europium is named after Europe. Uranium, Plotonium, and Neptunium are named after planets. Einsteinium and Mendelevium are named after scientists. The magority of the rest mainly come from latin names.
Why does k is a symbol of patassium?
Most of the atomic symbols come from the Latin names for the elements. The Latin name for potassium is 'kalium'
Where did the enriched uranium for the Little Boy atomic bomb come from?
The uranium enrichment facilty was at Oak Ridge.
How did the us come to develop the atomic bomb?
The U.S. wanted to prevent Germany from becoming the first country to build an atomic bomb which would give Germany formative power. General Leslie R. Groves was put in charge of The Manhattan Project to develop the bomb, and scientists use theories about nuclear fission to construct bombs with the elements of Uranium-235 and Plutonium-239. The first successful bomb was code-named "Trinity," and it exploded on July 16, 1945. Less than a month later, the United States dropped the bomb Little Boy on Hiroshima.
Can there be an atomic bomb on earth?
Although your question is vague, atomic bombs have come and gone in terms of technology. We now have conventional weapons that are more powerful than the atomic bomb.
Why the atomic bomb happend?
Why was it exploded over Nagasaki and Hiroshima?Or, "How did it come to be?"It came to be because of centuries of inventions leading up to it and the seeming necessity of it when it was learned the Germans were 'working' on the concept and the thought of the genocidal Nazis ruling the world.
When did the nuclear bomb come into existence?
I suggest Richard Rhodes book The Making of the Atomic Bomb.1945
Why did the United States take that decision to bomb hiroshima and nagasaki?
shiortly after pearl harbor was bomb and the united states had to come back and hit them harder
Did Canada create the first atomic bomb?
No. The first atomic bombs were created by the US Army Corps of Engineers, under the cover name of the Manhattan Project, during World War II. Some of the uranium ore which was refined into nuclear explosives for the bombs may have come from Canada.
What was Robert oppenheimers reaction to the usage of the atomic bomb?
" If atomic bombs are to be added as new weapons to the arsenals of a warring world, or to the arsenals of the nations preparing for war, then the time will come when mankind will curse the names of Los Alamos and Hiroshima. The people of this world must unite or they will perish. " Robert Oppenheimer .
How did albert Einstein come up with the atomic bomb?
Einstein understood that an atomic reaction would release an incredible amount of energy in a very brief time. This principle was used to create the atomic bomb.
In the story there will come soft rains what happened to the people?
They died from an atomic bomb
Where did the money come from to make an atomic bomb?
Taxes, War Bonds, etc.
What happens to the people in the story there will come soft rains?
They died from an atomic bomb
