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Scientists have long tried to make a pure Hydrogen weapon, the problem with all the designs that have been attempted is the compression of the Hydrogen material to its flash point. Hydrogen can be compressed under great pressure to make a functioning weapon; however, the only way we have managed to do this practically is through the Teller-Ulam design. This design uses a nuclear fission weapon to compress the Hydrogen within a secondary device to start a fusion reaction.
Without the ability to use a fission weapon to ignite the Hydrogen, we do not have a way to compress it to its flash point. There are still design attempts that have been circulated to make a pure fusion Hydrogen weapon, but none have been tested and the problem of getting Hydrogen to flash is always the founding problem. Most designs have been abandoned, and there are currently no known developmental plans by the United States to Pursue this design.
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What element is used to make a hydrogen bomb?
end of world,
Hydrogen bomb compared with atomic bomb?
A hydrogen or fusion bomb will be ten times more powerful than the original fission atomic bomb.
What is the molecular formula of a hydrogen bomb?
There is no such thing. The hydrogen bomb is a very complicated mechanism, not a chemical!
Who invented the nitrogen bomb?
no such thing. maybe you meant hydrogen bomb.
How powerful is a hydrogen bomb?
A hydrogen bomb is approximately 4.87 times more powerful than an atom bomb. What makes these bombs so powerful is that hydrogen is an extremely inflammable and explosive gas. When the bomb is released, the special coating used on its shell captures tons of friction, which heats the bomb. Then the detonator button is pressed, and the bomb blows up. Also, if the bomb comes in contact with the ground, before the button is pressed, then the heat absorbed by the bomb will set fire to the hydrogen inside and blow the bomb up.
Which is more destructive a nuclear bomb or a hydrogen bomb?
the hydrogen bomb, is a nuclear bomb
What element is used to make a hydrogen bomb?
end of world,
Why did Edward Teller make the hydrogen bomb?
He created it to be more powerful than the atomic, and fission bomb.
What is degree of destroy that hydrogen bomb can do?
What size of Hydrogen Bomb? How many megatons? the biggest size of hydrogen bomb can done ...........
What is the different between atomic bomb and hydrogen bombs?
A hydrogen bomb is an atom bomb; just one that uses hydrogen.
What bomb was made after the A-bomb?
The Hydrogen bomb.
What bomb was invented after the a-bomb?
The Hydrogen Bomb .
What is an h-bomb?
hydrogen bomb
What form of energy does the hydrogen bomb use?
Atomic energy, released by the fusion of hydrogen isotopes to make helium.
Who was using the hydrogen bomb?
the hydrogen bomb has never been used in war
What was hydrogen bomb?
A bomb that splits a hydrogen atom, which literally explodes the air.
What is the most giant hydrogen bomb?
The 50 Megaton "Tsar Bomba" hydrogen bomb tested by the USSR in 1961 is the strongest hydrogen bomb ever detonated. The 10 Megaton "Ivy Mike" hydrogen bomb tested by the U.S. in 1952 is the physically largest hydrogen bomb ever detonated.
