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The Hydrogen Bomb
The Hydrogen Bomb
CA Standards
Students know protons and neutrons in the
nucleus are held together by nuclear forces
that overcome the electromagnetic repulsion
between the protons.
High-explosive
High-explosive fires
fires in
in
primary,
primary, compressing
compressing
plutonium
plutonium core
core into
into
supercriticality
supercriticality and
and
beginning
beginning aa fission
fission
reaction.
reaction.
Stage 2
Fission
Fission primary
primary emits
emits
X-rays
X-rays which
which reflects
reflects
along
along the
the inside
inside of
of the
the
casing,
casing, irradiating
irradiating the
the
polystyrene
polystyrene foam.
foam.
Stage 3
Polystyrene
Polystyrene foam
foam
becomes
becomes plasma,
plasma,
compressing
compressing secondary,
secondary,
and
and plutonium
plutonium
sparkplug
sparkplug begins
begins to
to
fission.
fission.
Stage 4
Compressed
Compressed andand heated,
heated,
lithium-6
lithium-6 deutheride
deutheride
fuel
fuel begins
begins fusion
fusion
reaction,
reaction, neutron
neutron flux
flux
causes
causes tamper
tamper toto
fission.
fission. A
A fireball
fireball is
is
starting
starting to
to form...
form...