Table of Contents
- 1 How was it developed into a bomb using u235?
- 2 How much matter was converted to energy in the Nagasaki bomb?
- 3 How much matter in kg was converted to energy in the little boy explosion?
- 4 When was Hiroshima bombed?
- 5 What isotope of hydrogen is used in the hydrogen bomb?
- 6 How much energy does a hydrogen bomb release in joules?
- 7 What was the yield of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki explosions?
- 8 Why did the US choose Hiroshima as a target?
How was it developed into a bomb using u235?
Once enough U-235 was obtained to power the bomb, Little Boy was constructed using a gun-type design that fired one amount of U-235 at another to combine the two masses. This combination created a critical mass that set off a fission chain reaction to eventually detonate the bomb.
How much matter was converted to energy in the Nagasaki bomb?
Of the 64 kilograms of uranium in the bomb, less than one kilogram underwent fission, and the entire energy of the explosion came from just over half a gram of matter that was converted to energy. That is about the weight of a butterfly.
How much matter in kg was converted to energy in the little boy explosion?
One gram is roughly the mass of a standard paperclip. The Hiroshima bomb, from AtomicArchive.com. The atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima released an amount of energy equivalent to the conversion of 0.7 grams of matter into energy. The Tzar Bomba, from Wikipedia.
How much matter is converted to energy in a hydrogen bomb?
So it takes 327kg of hydrogen to produce 50MT of energy by using a thermonuclear reaction ( Proton-Proton chain). Of that 327kg, only 0.712\% or 2.33kg is converted to energy.
How much energy is in an atomic bomb?
The first test of a fission (“atomic”) bomb released an amount of energy approximately equal to 20,000 tons of TNT (84 TJ). The first thermonuclear (“hydrogen”) bomb test released energy approximately equal to 10 million tons of TNT (42 PJ).
When was Hiroshima bombed?
August 6, 1945
Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki/Start dates
What isotope of hydrogen is used in the hydrogen bomb?
To make a hydrogen bomb, one would still need uranium or plutonium as well as two other isotopes of hydrogen, called deuterium and tritium. The hydrogen bomb relies on fusion, the process of taking two separate atoms and putting them together to form a third atom.
How much energy does a hydrogen bomb release in joules?
A hydrogen bomb releases 1×1017 joules.
How many kilotons did the Hiroshima bomb explode?
For a detailed timeline of the bombings, please see Hiroshima and Nagasaki Bombing Timeline. On August 6, 1945, the United States dropped an atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima. The bomb was known as “Little Boy”, a uranium gun-type bomb that exploded with about thirteen kilotons of force.
What was the name of the bomb dropped on Hiroshima?
Hiroshima On August 6, 1945, the United States dropped an atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima. The bomb was known as “Little Boy”, a uranium gun-type bomb that exploded with about thirteen kilotons of force. At the time of the bombing, Hiroshima was home to 280,000-290,000 civilians as well as 43,000 soldiers.
What was the yield of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki explosions?
The yield of the Nagasaki explosion is rather well established by both fireball and radiochemical data from other tests as 21 kt [one kiloton equals the explosive power of 1,000 tons of TNT]. There are no equivalent data for the Hiroshima explosion.
Why did the US choose Hiroshima as a target?
U.S. strategists wanted to flatten an entire city with a single atomic bomb: Hiroshima was the right size. U.S. strategists wanted to flatten an entire city with a single atomic bomb: Hiroshima was the right size. The name Hiroshima is so tied to the atomic bomb that it’s hard to imagine there were other possible targets.