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Who was the inventor of 1st atom bomb?
Leo Szilard invented the atomic fission bomb in 1933 while in London, and patented it in 1934. However no material that fissioned was known at the time, so the bomb was not possible to build at that time.Otto Frisch discovered fission of Uranium-235 in 1938 while in Berlin, making the atomic fission bomb possible. However Uranium-235 is only 0.72% of natural Uranium and purifying it is difficult and expensive, so an atomic fission bomb could not be built immediately.The US Manhattan Project built the expensive industrial infrastructure it purify Uranium-235 and manufacture Plutonium-239 between 1942 and 1945. Resulting in a usable atomic fission bomb by 1945.
How much does it cost to make a nuclear weapon?
A absolutely gigantic amount! First you need to mine hundreds of tons of uranium ore, then you need to purify it, by conversion to uranium hexaflouride. I will not go into the detail of this process, but the resulting uranium hexaflouride is VERY toxic. THen the uranium hexaflouride needs to go through one of two processes: gaseous diffusion of ultra-high speed centrifuging. The first dydtem is the one used for bulk U-235 (the resulting weapons grade uranium) during the Manhattan project. It uses baffles and filters (made of things like tungsten-zirconium alloys) to separate the U-238 (the depleted uranium that makes up 95% of the uranium ore) form the U-235. The second process is centrifuging, where the uranium hexafluoride is spun at 500 MPH until the heavier U-238 is separated. The uranium is the only really expensive part in a gun-type weapon, but the big weapons,fusion bombs use plutonium which production is to complicated to go over here.
When did enrico fermi invent the nuclear bomb?
Fermi did not invent the fission bomb, Leo Szilard did in 1933. But nobody could build one because no material that would support a neutron chain reaction was known until 1938 when Otto Hahn discovered that the rare isotope Uranium-235 would. Even then it took the US from 1942 to 1945 to build the industrial infrastructure needed to purify enough of this isotope to actually build one Uranium bomb and fuel 3 reactors that could each make enough Plutonium in a month to make a Plutonium bomb.
Are there other options to purify water other than using a filter?
One way to purify water without a filter is distillation. In distillation, water is boiled, and then the water vapor is cooled and it condenses as pure water. However, this can be more expensive than filtering water.
A method of separation used to purify water?
a method of separation purify water
Is purify a noun or verb?
The word 'purify' is a verb: purify, purifies, purifying, purified.We drink the water from the creek but we purify it first by boiling.Noun forms for the verb to purify are purifier, purification, and the gerund, purifying.
What would happen if all the freshwater was used up?
Well, tht would probably never happen, but if it did, you can purify salt water, its just more expensive
What are the advantages and disadvantages of reverse osmosis?
Reverse osmosis is a great way to purify water, as well as get many chemicals out of the water. A downside is that the process is very expensive.
How can we purify mercury?
The best method to purify mercury is distillation.
What is the Latin to English translation of purify?
Mundare is the latin word for purify
How many floors in Purify Forest?
There are 99 floors in Purify Forest.
Why is fasting considered to purify body?
fasting is considered to purify the body
