bomb calorimeter A calorimeter is a device used for calorimetry, the science of measuring the heat of chemical reactions or physical changes as well as heat capacity. The word calorimeter is derived...
Basically, a conventional bomb uses a chemical explosive as the source of its destructive power. A nuclear weapon uses nuclear material to create an explosion. A nuclear explosion is much larger, and...
It's: more accurate because it leaves less room for human error, faster, excludes environmental variables that may not have been considered, it also gives you the energy content of the substance...