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    The atomic bomb derives its power from nuclear fission or fusion reactions that release vast amounts of energy from small amounts of matter. There are three basic design types - pure fission bombs that use gun assembly or implosion methods, fusion-boosted fission bombs that improve implosion design through hydrogen fusion, and two-stage thermonuclear bombs that are a chain of fission-boosted fusion bombs using hydrogen fusion to generate neutrons for additional uranium fission. Atomic bombs produce massive amounts of explosive power along with dangerous radiation, which is why only two have ever been used in warfare.

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    The atomic bomb derives its power from nuclear fission or fusion reactions that release vast amounts of energy from small amounts of matter. There are three basic design types - pure fission bombs that use gun assembly or implosion methods, fusion-boosted fission bombs that improve implosion design through hydrogen fusion, and two-stage thermonuclear bombs that are a chain of fission-boosted fusion bombs using hydrogen fusion to generate neutrons for additional uranium fission. Atomic bombs produce massive amounts of explosive power along with dangerous radiation, which is why only two have ever been used in warfare.

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    The atomic bomb derives its power from nuclear fission or fusion reactions that release vast amounts of energy from small amounts of matter. There are three basic design types - pure fission bombs that use gun assembly or implosion methods, fusion-boosted fission bombs that improve implosion design through hydrogen fusion, and two-stage thermonuclear bombs that are a chain of fission-boosted fusion bombs using hydrogen fusion to generate neutrons for additional uranium fission. Atomic bombs produce massive amounts of explosive power along with dangerous radiation, which is why only two have ever been used in warfare.

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    Atomic Bomb Article 1-8-11

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    The atomic bomb derives its power from nuclear fission or fusion reactions that release vast amounts of energy from small amounts of matter. There are three basic design types - pure fission bombs that use gun assembly or implosion methods, fusion-boosted fission bombs that improve implosion design through hydrogen fusion, and two-stage thermonuclear bombs that are a chain of fission-boosted fusion bombs using hydrogen fusion to generate neutrons for additional uranium fission. Atomic bombs produce massive amounts of explosive power along with dangerous radiation, which is why only two have ever been used in warfare.

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    William Xia

    The Atomic Bomb

    The atomic bomb is a type of nuclear weapon. It gets it's power from nuclear reaction, either
    fission or a combination of fission and fusion. Both reactions release vast amounts of energy from
    small amounts of matter. There are 3 basic design types. Pure fission weapons use either the gun
    assembly, in which one piece of fissile uranium is fired at a fissile uranium target at t he end of the
    weapon, reaching critical mass when combined. Or implosion, where a fissile mass of either U-235,
    Pu-239, or a combination is surrounded by high explosives that compress the mass. Fusion-boosted
    fission weapons improve on the implosion design. The high temperature and pressure environment at
    the center of the exploding fission compresses and heats a mixture of tritium and deuterium gas which
    are both heavy isotopes of hydrogen. The hydrogen fuses to form helium and free neutrons. Each
    neutron starts a new fission chain reaction, speeding up the fission and greatly reducing the amount of
    fissile material that would have been wasted when the expansion of the material stops the chain
    reaction. This can more than double the weapon's energy release. The Two-stage thermonuclear weapon
    are a chain of fission-boosted fusion weapons, usually with only two stages in the chain. It is also
    known as the hydrogen bomb. It uses hydrogen fusion to generate neutrons. Most of its energy,
    however does not derive from hydrogen fission, but rather uranium fission. The power of nuclear
    weapons are not only massive, but also create dangerous amounts of radiation. And it is for this reason
    that throughout history, there have been only two nuclear weapons used. Both of which, were dropped
    on Japan by the United States. Scientist are still studying the true power of nuclear weapons.

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