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How does a Atomic Bomb work?

How does a Atomic Bomb work?. -Nuclear bombs involve forces that are strong and weak, that hold the nucleus of an atom together, especially atoms with unstable nuclei. There are two basic ways that nuclear energy can be released from an atom, Nuclear Fission and Nuclear Fusion.

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How does a Atomic Bomb work?

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  1. How does a Atomic Bomb work? -Nuclear bombs involve forces that are strong and weak, that hold the nucleus of an atom together, especially atoms with unstable nuclei. There are two basic ways that nuclear energy can be released from an atom, Nuclear Fission and Nuclear Fusion.

  2. Building an Atomic Bomb • In either process, fission or fusion, large amounts of heat energy and radiation are given off. • When building a atomic bomb you need the following: • A source of fissionable or fusionable fuel • A triggering device • A way to allow most of fuel to fission or fuse before the explosion occurs, or the bomb will not have any effect.

  3. Nuclear Fission • Nuclear Fission is when the plutonium is unstable, or radioactive. atoms are constantly breaking up into smaller elements that are more stable. Every time one nucleus does this, it releases the extra energy it no longer needs to hold it together, as well as a few left-over neutrons. This energy, and the escaping neutrons, is known as the radiation being emitted from the radioactive plutonium. This energy and flow of escaping neutrons can damage human cells, so radioactivity is dangerous. When there is enough atoms in a chunk of plutonium they break down and the chunk of plutonium warms up which is not quite enough to make a explosion.

  4. Boom!! • The energy source is a mass of radioactive material such as uranium or plutonium. This material is very unstable; every atom's nucleus is ready to fall apart at the slightest nudge, releasing unneeded energy and extra neutrons. In the diagram, the plutonium is given that nudge by the outer casing of TNT , which explodes all around it. • A fission bomb uses an element like uranium-235 to create a nuclear explosion. then you understand the basic process behind radioactive decay and fission. Uranium-235 has an extra property that makes it useful for both nuclear-power production and nuclear-bomb production -- U-235 is one of the few materials that can undergo induced fission. If a free neutron runs into a U-235 nucleus, the nucleus will absorb the neutron without hesitation, become unstable and split immediately.

  5. Quote from Expert • “When you see something that is technically sweet, you go ahead and do it and you argue about what to do about it only after you have had your technical success. That is the way it was with the atomic bomb.” -J. Robert Oppenheimer

  6. Bibliography • http://nuclearweaponarchive.org/Russia/Sovtacabomb1.jpg • http://whyfiles.org/020radiation/images/mushroom.jpg • http://www.lancs.ac.uk/ug/hussainw/fusion.jpg • http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/facility/images/little-boy-pic1.jpg • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_bomb • http://www.atomicbombmuseum.org/ • http://mothra.rerf.or.jp/ENG/A-bomb/History/Damages.html • http://thinkexist.com/quotation/when_you_see_something_that_is_technically_sweet/344240.html

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