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How much did the plutonium device cost for the nuclear bomb?
The cost of the plutonium used in a nuclear bomb can vary greatly, depending on factors such as purity, quantity, and production method. However, estimates suggest that the plutonium used in a typical nuclear bomb could cost millions of dollars.
How much TNT is in a Plutonium Bomb?
A Plutonium bomb typically contains around 5-10 kg of plutonium, which undergoes fission to release energy. The energy released is equivalent to the explosive power of several thousand tons of TNT.
Briefly explain how a hydrogen bomb works and how its differs from an atom bomb?
A hydrogen bomb, also known as a thermonuclear bomb, utilizes the fusion of hydrogen isotopes to generate an immensely powerful explosion. This fusion reaction releases a significantly larger amount of energy compared to the fission reaction in an atomic bomb. The hydrogen bomb is much more destructive and has a higher yield than an atomic bomb due to its ability to trigger a secondary fusion reaction.
How much did the 1st atomic bomb weigh?
The first atomic bomb, "Little Boy," weighed about 9,700 pounds (4,400 kg).
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.
How much plutonium is in an average atomic bomb?
An average atomic bomb contains approximately 6 to 8 kilograms of plutonium. This amount is sufficient for a nuclear explosion.
How much plutonium was USED in little boy?
The Little Boy atomic bomb used about 64 kilograms (141 pounds) of highly-enriched uranium-235, not plutonium. Plutonium was used in the Fat Man bomb, which used about 6.2 kilograms (13.6 pounds) of plutonium.
How much plutonium would be required to make an atomic bomb as powerful as the one devastated in Nagasaki in World War 2?
Approx. 10 kg of plutonium 239.
Does a hurricane release as much energy as an atomic bomb in 1 second?
Yes.
How much plutonium used in nuclear bomb?
The amount of plutonium used in a nuclear bomb varies depending on the design, but typically around 4-6 kilograms of plutonium is used for a standard fission bomb.
How you build an atomic bomb?
To make a fission atomic bomb you just take either uranium or plutonium, which are fast-fission materials and find a way to smash the soul out of them so they can make neutrons to continue the chain reaction. You either just take some fissionable uranium, make a bullet out of one and a ball of the other, build a cannon-shaped bomb that shoots the bullet of uranium into the ball of uranium at the end of the barrel - and boom. To make the second kind, you need some plutonium. Plutonium is easy to obtain but it is extremely hard to make into a bomb, because if you shoot two masses of plutonium together like the uranium bomb style, they fission so much easier that they start reacting before they touch and blow themselves apart before anything can fission, so you will need to make a ball of plutonium crush in itself using a shock wave made by a explosion. You surround a ball of fissionable plutonium with explosive stuff. When the surrounding explosives goes boom, the shock waves made by the explosives hits the ball. This causes the plutonium to supercompress itself together - and boom.
How much did the plutonium device cost for the nuclear bomb?
The cost of the plutonium used in a nuclear bomb can vary greatly, depending on factors such as purity, quantity, and production method. However, estimates suggest that the plutonium used in a typical nuclear bomb could cost millions of dollars.
How much TNT is in a Plutonium Bomb?
A Plutonium bomb typically contains around 5-10 kg of plutonium, which undergoes fission to release energy. The energy released is equivalent to the explosive power of several thousand tons of TNT.
What does an atomic bomb use for its exploding power?
That depends, an atomic weapon from WWII was armed with plutonium 239, bombs now use a more dangerous Uranium armament. In order to use the bomb, a smaller explosion much trigger a chain reaction explosion in order to create, for lack of better terms, a "big bang".
Did the radiation improve in Hiroshima and Nagasaki after the atomic bomb?
Yes, the radiation was much more abundant after the atomic bomb.
How much would it cost today to build an atomic bomb today like the one US dropped on Japan?
The first atomic bombs cost billions because they had to learn how to gather uranium and plutonium into a form that was good enough for a bomb and they had to design the bomb. Now a nuclear missile cost would be probably about a million or more. The cost of the newer missile is in the housing and maintenance of the missile.
How much neutrons and electrons are in plutonium?
All the isotopes of plutonium has 94 protons and 94 electrons. For the number of neutrons of a specified isotope: number of neutrons = rounded atomic mass of the isotope - atomic number (or protons number) For plutonium-239: 94 protons, 94 electrons, 145 neutrons. The atomic number of plutonium is 94.
