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__**THE ATOMIC BOMB**__ media type="youtube" key="zEqAiVxcc4o&rel=1" height="355" width="425"

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__**HOW NUCLEAR BOMBS WORK**__ an atomic bomb works by starting a chain reaction which releases a huge amount of energy, which is the bomb and can cause an enourmous amount of damage to an area.

FUSSION BOMB A fussion reaction is when 2 atoms are joined together to create a new atom. This reaction also produces a massive amout of energy. The common element used in a fussion bomb is hydrogen. When two light atoms with light nuclei come together they form a heavier atom which causes a great amout of energy to be created. For example when Deuterium and Tritium, which are isotopes of hydrogen. These types of bombs are calle d hydrogen bombs or H-bombs for short.===

TYPES OF NUCLEAR BOMBS


 * **Nuclear fission** - You can split the nucleus of an atom into two smaller fragments with a neutron. This method usually involves isotopes of uranium uranium-235, uranium-233 or plutonium-239.
 * **Nuclear fusion** -You can bring two smaller atoms, usually hydrogen or hydrogen isotopes deuterium, tritium, together to form a larger one, helium or helium isotopes, this is how the sun produces energy.

FISSION BOMB

Fission bombs need a huge mass of fissual material.One piece of mass is released at the mass casueing growth causing an explosion.An explosion caused by fission can be as little as 1000 pounds or as heavty as 500,000 kilotons of explosives.

QUOTE

"Hundreds and hundreds of the dead were so badly burned in the terrific heat generated by the bomb that it was not even possible to tell whether they were men or women, old or young." -Wilfred Burchett

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