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What is the use of plutonium in a nuclear bomb?
Plutonium is used as the fissile material in the core of a nuclear bomb. When a critical mass of plutonium is rapidly brought together, a chain reaction occurs, releasing a large amount of energy in the form of a nuclear explosion.
What does a 'reflector' do in the core of a fission atomic bomb?
The reflector in a nuclear weapon core is made of a material which can reflect neutrons from fission in the core back into the core, instead of wasting them. A tamper can permit a smaller mass of nuclear fuel (an unreflected subcritical mass of nuclear material can quickly become critical if a reflector is used). Depending on the material, they can also have a neutron-moderation effect. The tamper in many nuclear weapons is also the reflector.
What type of bomb did us bomb japan with?
Two atomic bombs, a gun-triggered uranium fission bomb, and a plutonium-core trigger fission bomb.
What is a booster bomb?
A boosted fission bomb is a bomb with a hollow core filled with tritium gas (sometimes deuterium or a mix of both is used). Shortly after the bomb is fired, the fission heat causes fusion in the gas filling. Neutrons from the fusion cause more fission in the core, boosting the fission fuel efficiency and thus the yield.Sometimes boosting is used for "dial a yield" bombs. By varying the amount of gas in the core (supplied by a canister of gas outside the core) it is possible to get different yields from the same bomb.
How heavy are nuclear bomb in the film the core?
I doubt the movie says.
When a bomb explodes in the midair at its highest point what is the direction of motion of its core?
When a bomb explodes at its highest point, the core of the explosion would continue in the same direction as it was moving before the explosion. The momentum of the core would carry it forward until acted upon by external forces.
What is the difference between a atomic bomb and a nuclear core?
An atomic bomb is a complete deliverable bomb, including all nonnuclear components. The nuclear core is a rather small part, typically between 2 to 3 inches in diameter that contains the fissile fuel that when made supercritical by conventional explosives in the bomb fissions and provides the energy to drive the actual nuclear explosion.
Can more than a critical mass of fissile material be put in the core of an implosion fission atomic bomb without it becoming prematurely critical causing a fizzle?
Yes, this is exactly what was done in the Ivy King test device which produced a yield of 500 kilotons and then entered the stockpile as the MK-18. It used a uranium core containing roughly four critical masses. To keep this much material in a subcritical configuration the core was a hollow thin walled sphere instead of the usual solid sphere. For safety purposes the hollow inside the core was filled with a chain made of an aluminum-boron alloy that was removed automatically by a motor as the last step in the arming sequence (the chain could not be reinserted).
Does a hydrogen bomb contain uranium?
Yes, a Thermonuclear Weapon (or Hydrogen Bomb) contains a core of Plutonium-239 and Uranium-235. A hydrogen bomb (thermonuclear fusion device) is triggered by a conventional thermonuclear fission bomb, and therefore has a core of fissionable materials such as U-235 and Pu-239. The fission device acting as a trigger is in turn triggered by conventional chemical explosives.
What was the nuclear core of the atomic bomb?
fissile material: highly enriched uranium or plutonium
What would happen if an atomic bomb hit the earth's core?
If an atomic bomb were to hit the Earth's core, it would likely not cause a catastrophic chain reaction or destroy the core itself. The core is composed of molten iron and nickel, which are extremely dense and would absorb much of the energy from the explosion without significantly affecting the Earth's overall structure.
Is multi core and dual core the same thing?
Multi-core means any number of cores greater than one. Dual-core is a multi-core with exactly two cores.
