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The term 'dirty' bomb - refers to a device that is contaminated with either radiation or pathogens. When the device explodes, it spreads the contamination over a wide area. It can be as simple as a grenade that's been exposed to radiation.
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Is hydrogen bomb dirty?
We'll consider "dirty" to mean producing radioactive fallout. Since hydrogen bombs (fusion bomb) require the energy from an atomic bomb (fission bomb) they are a little dirty. Its mostly the atomic bomb that creates dangerous isotopes that contaminate the blast area, and regions down-wind. Now an H-bomb is generally "cleaner" than a bomb purposefully-design to create a large amount of dangerous, radioactive fallout. There are various techniques where one can change the type and duration of fallout. These types of weapons are generally use fission (not fusion) to create this effect.
How do you spell the bomb that didn't cause fire?
The types of aerial bombs that create blast are "high explosive" (HE). The type of bomb designed to cause fires is an "incendiary" bomb.
What type of bomb are referred as dirty bomb?
There are two types of bombs that are referred to as "dirty" bombs:A dirty conventional bomb or more precisely a radiological bomb. This is simply a conventional chemical explosive bomb wrapped in highly radioactive isotopes. It will likely kill everyone involved in assembling and delivering it before it can hurt anyone at its target.A dirty hydrogen bomb or more precisely an enhanced fallout nuclear bomb. This is a hydrogen bomb with its depleted uranium tamper replaced by or "salted" with other elements that absorb neutrons strongly and transmute into highly radioactive isotopes, producing much more fallout that is more deadly. Cobalt is commonly referred to in the popular literature but would not actually work well as its capture cross section for high energy fusion neutrons is rather small. Gold would be ideal from a military standpoint as its capture cross section for high energy fusion neutrons is large and the halflife of the radioisotopes produced is short enough to allow occupation of the affected territory within a few months (however gold is too expensive for this use).
Does a dirty bomb spread radioactive contamination through conventional explosives?
Yes and no. One can use conventional explosives to make a dirty bomb or attack a nuclear facility to produce the same result.Radiological weapons, or "dirty-bombs," use conventional explosives to disperse radioactive material. These weapons are relatively easy to make. Dirty bombs need not contain highly enriched uranium or plutonium but can use any type of radioactive material or waste. For example, this was can come from dismantled nuclear weapons, power plant storage areas, hospital x-ray machines, or cleanup from nuclear disasters. An individual can take this waste and use any means to disperse it: conventional explosives, ammonium nitrate bombs, or simply gasoline filled drums. Detonating this radioactive material in an urban environment would render the immediate area indefinitely uninhabitable.Similarly, attacking a nuclear power plant or waste storage facility would create a second type of dirty bomb. For example, this attack would occur by planting explosives within a facility or by flying an airplane into a reactor. A nuclear power plant presents a tempting target, since a meltdown of its reactor would contaminate hundreds of square miles. This attack would create a much higher concentration of radiation than a small, homemade device.See, Gopal B. Saha, Physics and Radiobiology of Nuclear Medicine, 260.John Baylis, et al, Strategy in the Contemporary World, 299.
What makes up a nuclear bomb?
Depends on the type of bomb. The first nuclear weapons were fission weapons- they used a heavy metal such as Uranium or Plutonium. These metals, when compressed by explosives, would undergo nuclear fission, and break into lighter elements, releasing heat and radiation. Later, larger bombs were fusion bombs. They used a fission bomb to start the nuclear reaction, but then used that energy to FUSE light elements, such as Deuterium and Tritium into heavier elements, releasing LARGE amounts of heat and radiation.
What were other option rather an atomic bomb?
Atomic bombs are a type of Nuclear bomb and there are 2 types of nuclear bombs. The second type of nuclear bomb is a hydrogen bomb.
What type of bomb was used on Libya?
No one single type of bomb. Mixture of anti-personel bombs such as CBUs, and guided bombs to destroy tanks or bunkers.
Which is stronger Nuclear Bomb or Hydrogen Bomb?
Nuclear bombs is all types of bombs that use nuclear energy. It is not a type of bomb,just a category of bombs. hydrogen bomb is the strongest bomb ever, and its blast yield can go up to 100megatons of TNT.
How many nuclear bombs?
there were two types of nuclear bombs. A "gun type" bomb and an implosion type one with a plutonium core
Was fusion the type of bomb the us used for nagasaki?
The bombs used on Nagasaki and Hiroshima were both fission bombs, not fusion bombs.
What are the essential materials used in created bombs?
Depends on the type of bomb.
Description of the dropping of both bombs?
One was an uranium fission bomb and the other was a plutonium implsion type bomb.
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.
How is a dirty bomb detonated?
dirty bombs, as in the non-nuclear form, is simple: you take any type of potently radioactive material and some explosives, like C-4, and load them into a bookbag, a truck, anything, then go VERY far away and denote the explosives. the blast wave propels the radioactive material in a large dust cloud, and the dirty bomb has done its toll.
Which type of bombs are primarily fragmentation that contain submunitions?
Typically, a Cluster Bomb.
Is hydrogen bomb dirty?
We'll consider "dirty" to mean producing radioactive fallout. Since hydrogen bombs (fusion bomb) require the energy from an atomic bomb (fission bomb) they are a little dirty. Its mostly the atomic bomb that creates dangerous isotopes that contaminate the blast area, and regions down-wind. Now an H-bomb is generally "cleaner" than a bomb purposefully-design to create a large amount of dangerous, radioactive fallout. There are various techniques where one can change the type and duration of fallout. These types of weapons are generally use fission (not fusion) to create this effect.
What is the maximum number of bombs a B-52 bomber can carry?
That depends on the type of bomb racks installed and the mix of bombs.
