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Is there nuclear energy in nuclear bombs?

Yes, there is nuclear energy in nuclear bombs. It is released in a few microseconds when they are detonated.


What is the different between a nuclear bomb and an atom bomb?

Nuclear bombs before the 60s were referred to as atom bombs, because the term Nuclear hadn't been discover yet. Nuclear bombs today, are generally Hydrogen bombs, or fusion bombs. They are significantly more powerful, able to places about the size of Rhode Island. Atom bombs,which were mostly uranium and plutonium, lack the destructive power of Nuclear or Fusion bombs.


Hydrogen bombs and stars both produce energy with nuclear?

fusion reactions, where lighter elements combine to release tremendous amounts of energy. In stars, the fusion of hydrogen into helium powers their luminosity and heat. Hydrogen bombs use isotopes of hydrogen to trigger a controlled fusion reaction, releasing a massive amount of explosive energy.


Why are thermo nuclear bombs more disasterus than nuclear bombs?

Thermonuclear bombs, or hydrogen bombs, are more destructive than nuclear bombs because they involve a two-stage process: a fission reaction triggers a fusion reaction, resulting in a much larger explosion. This fusion reaction releases much more energy and is more efficient at converting material into energy compared to the fission reaction alone. As a result, thermonuclear bombs are typically much more powerful and devastating than traditional nuclear bombs.


What is the Difference in radiation - atomic vs hydrogen bombs?

Atomic bombs use nuclear fission, where heavy atomic nuclei split into smaller ones releasing energy and radiation. Hydrogen bombs use both nuclear fission and fusion, with fusion reactions involving the combining of light atomic nuclei to release even more energy and radiation. Hydrogen bombs are typically more powerful and produce higher levels of radiation compared to atomic bombs.

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Are atomic bombs different from nuclear bombs?

Both basically are the same, they can be fission or fusion bombs like Uranium,Plutonium and Hydrogen bombs. A general description would be that atomic bombs are fission bombs. Nuclear bombs are fusion bombs. Fusion bombs are more powerful weight for weight


What are some other things that nuclear weapons are called?

Atomic bombs, A bombs, fission bombsHydrogen bombs, H bombs, fusion bombsBoosted fission bombs, "dial-a-yield" bombsMultistaged fusion bombsClean fusion bombs, reduced fallout fusion bombsSalted fusion bombs, dirty fusion bombs, increased fallout fusion bombsetc.


Are nuclear fusion dangerus?

Well, fusion bombs are, but fusion reactors should not be (if we can build them).


The application of nuclear fission and nuclear fusion?

Very big bombs.


What Types of nuclear bombs are there?

fission and the fusion types


Destructive uses of nuclear fusion?

H-bombs


What kinds of nuclear bombs are there?

FissionFusionBoosted FissionMultistage Fusion


Atomic bombs are the result of what nuclear reaction?

fission and/or fusion


Where does nuclear fusion occur and why?

In the cores of stars and hydrogen bombs.


What kind of nuclear energy is produced by hydrogen bombs and stars?

This is produced by nuclear fusion


Is there nuclear energy in nuclear bombs?

Yes, there is nuclear energy in nuclear bombs. It is released in a few microseconds when they are detonated.


Why are thermonuclear bombs are more disastrous than nuclear bombs?

Nuclear bombs use nuclear fission of some heavy element, usually uranium or plutonium. Thermonuclear bombs use the detonation of a fission bomb to ignite the fusion of hydrogen. Such weapons are more powerful than ordinary nuclear weapons because nuclear fusion releases more energy than nuclear fission, and because the process of fusion itself can be used to ignite more fission.