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What happens when a atomic bomb explodes?

When an atomic bomb explodes it forms a mushroom cloud, the explosion gives off EMP or Electro Magnetic Pulse, the explosion is huge and can destroy so much for miles, and the explosion gives off huge amounts of radiation so if you survive the explosion you can suffer or die from the radiation after the bomb blew up.


Who discoverd the atomic bomb?

The atomic bomb was developed during World War II as part of the Manhattan Project. The project was spearheaded by the United States and led by scientists such as J. Robert Oppenheimer, who is often credited as the "father of the atomic bomb."


What is the difference between an atomic bomb and a thermonuclear bomb?

They are both general terms. The term "atomic bomb" can mean any nuclear weapon, either a fission weapon or a fusion weapon (the so-called hydrogen bomb). The term thermonuclear bomb is also used in general, but it usually excludes the fusion bombs. It should be noted, however, that it takes a fission bomb to generate the heat necessary to "set off" a fusion reaction and make a fusion bomb work.


What is the difference between a hydrogen bomb and a nuclear bomb?

Gunpowder, TNT, C4 plastic explosive, nitroglycerin, etc. all release chemical energy that has nothing to do with the nuclei of the atoms in the chemicals. Any 'bomb' that makes an explosion with nuclear energy is a 'nuclear' bomb. The "Hydrogen Bomb" is one of them. So far, devices have been built and tested that use the atomic nucleus to make explosions in two different general ways: -- "fission" . . . the nuclear energy is released when one heavy nucleus splits into two or more lighter ones. This device is popularly known as the "Atomic Bomb". -- "fusion" . . . the nuclear energy is released when two light atomic nuclei join together to form a single one. This device is popularly known as the "Hydrogen Bomb".


How many decibels does an atom bomb produce?

Oh, dude, an atom bomb can produce around 240 decibels at its epicenter. That's like standing next to a jet engine taking off, but you know, a tad louder. So, if you ever find yourself near an atom bomb explosion, earplugs might not cut it.

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What happens when a atomic bomb explodes?

When an atomic bomb explodes it forms a mushroom cloud, the explosion gives off EMP or Electro Magnetic Pulse, the explosion is huge and can destroy so much for miles, and the explosion gives off huge amounts of radiation so if you survive the explosion you can suffer or die from the radiation after the bomb blew up.


How did the communists takeover china and the soviet explosion of an atomic bomb affect the US?

Well the most reasons were that the atomic bomb did not only kill so many in the explosion but many more when the mushroom cloud started cancer all across china. That still effects china today with probloms about cancer


Did the test on the first atomic bomb succeed?

Yes, it did. The explosion was so bright that a blind girl saw the flash from 120 miles away.


Is Pakistani bomb is an Islamic bomb?

If you consider the US atomic bomb is a Christian bomb, the French atomic bomb is also Christian bomb and so on, then you can name the Pakistani atomic bomb an Islamic bomb.


Why should people care about the atomic bomb?

People should care about the atomic bomb attack because that is how WWII ended. It's a big deal considering that America was once allies with Japan and now they turn on the American citizens, so America decided to turn back on them and drop the Atom Bomb, or "Atomic Bomb".


What makes Hiroshima so special?

Hiroshima is probably so special beacause it was hit with the first atomic bomb which was also experimental. The atomic bomb works loke a gun. A tnt explosion shoots forward a batch of uranium-235.This then hits another batch of uranium 235 and there is a fission. This gets as hot than the sun. So what probably makes Hiroshima special is that an atomic bomb the same temprature as the sun was detenated in it killing 70,000 people turing a lot of them into carbon. But the city has now completely changed but there are still scars of the atomic bomb in Hiroshima. Search for atomic bomb shadows of people.


Why did a nuclear explosion happen?

because the bomb was designed to make it so.


Who discoverd the atomic bomb?

The atomic bomb was developed during World War II as part of the Manhattan Project. The project was spearheaded by the United States and led by scientists such as J. Robert Oppenheimer, who is often credited as the "father of the atomic bomb."


What kind of bomb exploded in Nagasaki?

It was a plutonium implosion type. So it was an atomic bomb.


Why wasn't it good for albert Einstein to make the atomic bomb?

Einstein did not make the atomic bomb, so it was neither good nor bad.


What was going on in the world that made someone want to make a bomb like the atomic bomb?

Someone wanted to make bomb like the atomic bomb so that they could end the war in a quick way so that there would be no more land invasions


What is the difference between an atomic bomb and a thermonuclear bomb?

They are both general terms. The term "atomic bomb" can mean any nuclear weapon, either a fission weapon or a fusion weapon (the so-called hydrogen bomb). The term thermonuclear bomb is also used in general, but it usually excludes the fusion bombs. It should be noted, however, that it takes a fission bomb to generate the heat necessary to "set off" a fusion reaction and make a fusion bomb work.