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The film Oppenheimer, directed by Christopher Nolan, was released. Oppenheimer was a well-known theoretical physicist who played a key role in the development of the atomic bomb as part of the Manhattan Project during World War II. The film focuses on his life and work and explores the ethical and scientific challenges he has faced.
This info drive makes you want to understand how atomic, nuclear and thermonuclear bombs differ.
Nuclear bombs they use nuclear reactions to produce large amounts of energy. These reactions can be atomic or thermonuclear.
Atomic bombs (otherwise known as nuclear bombs) use nuclear reaction, known as nuclear decay to make an explosion. An atomic bomb, or fission bomb, uses the energy released by fission of heavy atomic nuclei (such as uranium-235 or plutonium-239) by neutron bombardment. This causes a chain reaction that leads to an explosion. Notable examples of atomic bombs are those that were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II.
Thermonuclear bombs (otherwise known as hydrogen bombs) use nuclear reaction, known as fusion to make an explosion. In this process, light atomic nuclei (for example, hydrogen) combine at very high temperatures and pressures, releasing a large amount of energy. It is important to note that thermonuclear bombs tend to use a small atomic bomb as an "ignition" to initiate a thermonuclear explosion. Thermonuclear bombs can be much more powerful than atomic bombs.
Nuclear bomb is a general term that can include both atomic and thermonuclear bombs, since both types use nuclear reactions for energy production.
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