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fusion can be used in several ways:

  1. external electronic neutron sources, uses a miniaturized particle accelerator with tritium gas to produce a burst of neutrons to initiate fission at the best time for desired yield
  2. boosting, injects a controlled amount of deuterium and/or tritium gas into a hollow core, when the device is detonated this undergoes fusion producing a large burst of neutrons increasing the fission efficiency; this permits either a reduction in amount of fissile material required or an increase in yield or both; this also permits dial-a-yield bombs having selectable variable yield
  3. staged fusion, a bomb permitting unlimited theoretical yield; also commonly called the hydrogen bomb
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Is an atomic bomb or a nuclear bomb more powerful?

The terms "atomic bomb" and "nuclear bomb" are general terms and can pretty much be used interchangeably. That said, there isn't any difference between them, and one is not more powerful than the other in that light.


What is used in an atomic bomb?

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