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Conventional bombs use conventional explosives or incendiary materials, e.g. TNT, RDX, C-4, Semtex, Magnesium, Napalm. They cause localised damage with fairly consistent and predictable effects. They are usually cheap and leave little ongoing damage once detonated.
Nuclear bombs use the power of either nuclear fission or nuclear fusion or both. The result is enormous amounts of energy released in microseconds, with wholesale destruction over a large area, and leave radioactive fallout all around.
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∙ 12y agoIts effects are not only limited to Blast and Fire but also include:
- Prompt radiation (IR, UVA, UVB, x-ray, Neutrons)
- Delayed radiation (fallout: beta & gamma, neutron induced: beta & gamma)
- Radiation is not detectable by human senses, it needs special detectors to warn you if you are in a contaminated area.
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∙ 12y agoNuclear weapons are fused which uses alot more energy when released... however; an actual explosive such as TNT uses fission which doesnt use half as much energy... obviously more energy used does more damage....
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∙ 13y agoBecause they produce radiation and have MUCH bigger explosions!
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Can there be an atomic bomb on earth?
Although your question is vague, atomic bombs have come and gone in terms of technology. We now have conventional weapons that are more powerful than the atomic bomb.
How did the first atomic bomb compare with conventional bombs?
Typical conventional bombs have explosive yields approximately equal to their physical weight, the largest yield conventional bomb of WW2 was the British Tallboy which weighed 6 tons and had a yield of nearly 3 tons. The first atomic bomb dropped in WW2 the Little Boy weighed just under 5 tons and had a yield of about 15000 tons equivalent. Comparing them, the first atomic bomb had a weight slightly less than the largest conventional bomb used in WW2 but the yield was about 5000 times larger!
Why did Edward Teller make the hydrogen bomb?
He created it to be more powerful than the atomic, and fission bomb.
What weapon was developed during the cold war that was more powerful than the atomic bomb?
H-bomb
When the soviet union exploded an atomic bomb, the US responded by intensifying efforts to develop?
They developed the H-bomb, a bomb more powerful than the atomic bomb that the Americans dropped on Japan, and was stronger than the one that the Soviet Union detonated. The U.S. just wanted to be stronger than the Soviet Union.
Why does an atomic bomb release more energy than a conventional chemical bomb?
An atomic bomb releases more energy than a conventional chemical bomb because the atomic bomb releases binding, or Nuclear Strong Force, energy while the conventional bomb releases chemical energy, and there is far more binding energy (hundreds and thousands of times) than there is chemical energy from the same mass of material.
Can there be an atomic bomb on earth?
Although your question is vague, atomic bombs have come and gone in terms of technology. We now have conventional weapons that are more powerful than the atomic bomb.
How did the first atomic bomb compare with conventional bombs?
Typical conventional bombs have explosive yields approximately equal to their physical weight, the largest yield conventional bomb of WW2 was the British Tallboy which weighed 6 tons and had a yield of nearly 3 tons. The first atomic bomb dropped in WW2 the Little Boy weighed just under 5 tons and had a yield of about 15000 tons equivalent. Comparing them, the first atomic bomb had a weight slightly less than the largest conventional bomb used in WW2 but the yield was about 5000 times larger!
What is most distinctive about an atomic bomb explosion?
Everything about it is bigger and more intense than a conventional explosion, as more energy is released.
What is stronger between the atomic bomb and hydrogen bomb?
In general, a fusion bomb (hydrogen bomb) is more powerful than a fission (atomic) bomb. Fusion bombs use an atomic bomb to begin the fusion reaction.
How does a atmic bom blow up?
It's "Atomic Bomb." anyways, An Atomic Bomb works by initiating a nuclear chain reaction, which releases a huge amount of energy relative to conventional explosives. Per unit volume, an atom bomb may be millions or billions of times more powerful than TNT.
Is hydrogen bomb deadly?
Extremely. Hydrogen bombs are far more powerful than conventional atomic bombs. One could easily destroy an entire city.
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 atomic bomb design?
The atomic bomb is sphere shaped and weird. An atomic explosion is made by taking two halves of a critical mass of fissile material (plutonium or U235) and pushing them together very rapidly. Atomic bombs use conventional explosives to move the fissile material fast enough. If it does not move fast enough it just overheats and melts, rather than exploding. That's the key to designing an atomic bomb. Good luck!
The pro of using the bomb in japan?
Conventional warfare with Japan was proving to be bloodier than with anyone else. The A-Bomb would prevent another conventional battle.
Did John Dalton study the atomic bomb?
No, he died more than 100 years before the atomic bomb was built.
Why is a hydrogen bomb more devestating than an atomic bomb?
More powerful explosion.
