The creation of atomic bombs is a complex and highly technical process involving sophisticated scientific principles and advanced engineering techniques. These weapons derive their explosive power from nuclear reactions, either fission or a combination of fission and fusion. This essay outlines the fundamental processes involved in making atomic bombs, focusing on the scientific principles, the materials used, and the engineering challenges. Scientific Principles: Fission and Fusion At the core of an atomic bomb’s design are the principles of nuclear fission and fusion. Fission involves the splitting of heavy atomic nuclei (such as uranium-235 or plutonium-239) into lighter nuclei, releasing a vast amount of energy, neutrons, and gamma rays. This process is initiated when a neutron collides with the nucleus of a fissile atom, causing it to become unstable and split. Each fission event releases additional neutrons, which can then induce further fission reactions in a chain reaction. Fusion, on the other hand, involves the merging of light nuclei, such as isotopes of hydrogen (deuterium and tritium), to form heavier nuclei, releasing energy. This process powers hydrogen bombs, which use a fission bomb as a trigger to achieve the extremely high temperatures and pressures needed for fusion. Materials Used: Fissile and Fusionable Materials The primary materials used in atomic bombs are fissile isotopes like uranium-235 and plutonium-239. Uranium-235 is naturally occurring but must be enriched from its more common isotope, uranium-238, to increase its concentration. Enrichment is typically achieved through gas centrifugation or gaseous diffusion. Plutonium-239 is not naturally occurring and is produced in nuclear reactors by irradiating uranium-238 with neutrons. The irradiated uranium is then chemically separated to extract plutonium. For hydrogen bombs, additional materials such as deuterium and tritium are required. Deuterium is extracted from heavy water, while tritium is produced in nuclear reactors or bred from lithium-6. Engineering Challenges: Design and Assembly The design and assembly of atomic bombs involve addressing several engineering challenges to ensure the weapon’s functionality and safety. 1. Implosion-Type Design: For plutonium-based bombs, an implosion-type design is commonly used. This involves surrounding a plutonium core with conventional explosives arranged symmetrically. When detonated, these explosives compress the plutonium core to a supercritical state, initiating a chain reaction. Precision in the timing and uniformity of the explosive lenses is crucial for achieving the necessary compression. 2. Gun-Type Design: For uranium-based bombs, a simpler gun-type design can be employed. This design involves shooting one sub-critical piece of uranium-235 into another using conventional explosives, thus achieving a supercritical mass. The gun-type design is less efficient and bulkier but was used in the “Little Boy” bomb dropped on Hiroshima. 3. Fusion Boosting and Thermonuclear Designs: More advanced bombs, such as the hydrogen bomb, incorporate fusion boosting. In these designs, a fission bomb acts as a trigger, compressing and heating a fusion fuel (deuterium and tritium) to initiate fusion. This significantly increases the bomb’s explosive yield. Thermonuclear bombs, or hydrogen bombs, employ a two-stage process where a primary fission explosion triggers a secondary fusion explosion, resulting in vastly higher energy release. 4. Safety Mechanisms: Ensuring the bomb remains safe and does not detonate accidentally is paramount. Modern designs include various safety mechanisms such as environmental sensors, electronic locks, and physical barriers that prevent unauthorized or accidental detonation.
Uranium is an ugly metal. THATS uranium ore, and it’s probably comically low in concentration. You cant even call that uranium, it’s like 20 other things
@@nothanks4204 Its not just that, its the fact that this creates a negative stigma around real intrusive thoughts. The stigma around them causes people to surpress them which can lead to sulcidal ideation.
@@ravenouscrow6308 real intrusive thoughts are nothing like what people joke about on the internet. I have OCD and suffer from actual, very real intrusive thoughts. I don’t feel stigmatized and like I want to kill myself because some guy yelled in a video and someone else made a joke about it. If you really want to be helpful you shouldn’t comment in such a patronizing manner.
@@nothanks4204 You're one person. As someone who also has really bad intrusive thoughts, these are the kind of comments that made me feel othered when I was younger and extremely sulcial. Its not about one guy doing it, its about continuing the stigma against it in society as a whole.
that was a piece of Autonite (a crystal comprised of Calcium Phosphate and Uranium) Autonite is essentially uranium ore which only has about 8.70-8.75mg of Uranium in a sample that size so when it is encased in that acryllic cube it is pretty safe to handle as long as it doesn't crack, you can buy them online but they cost about £110 each
@@King_the_CEO_OF_GAMBLERS as many as the supplier let's you buy, refining the ore requires millions of £s of equipment, and even then you'd retrieve a pitiful amount of radioactive material, hence why it's safe to hold an item like this in your hand
@@TheFluxChampion Nah you'd need very pure Uranium 235 to do that, the amount he had would be virtually harmless. I say virtually because the most dangerous part about most isotopes of Uranium is heavy metal poisoning from breathing in Uranium dust.
@@BetaDude40People just think that they would blow up if they have uranium, plutonium, radium, thorium, etc. while they do MUCH WORSE than that, that is radiation poisioning, which can cause slow and more painful death (also known as CANCER). But they don't just blow up.
Rootin’, tootin’, toil n’ shootin’ Fire burn and cowboy bootin’ Eye of newt and spicy beans, Toe of frog and denim jeans, Whiskey, grits, n’ demon spittle tossed into my iron griddle With the tannin’ of our hides, Somethin’ wicked this way rides
@@JoelCabujatlol only the fissionable u-235 isotope is used. The most common isotope that you can buy commercially is u-238, which is not fissionable and is only radioactive enough to be harmful if ingested
URANIUM 💀 Fun fact : the real clip is not showing. He hides the original video when his whole city explodes, then he redirects it to his son then continued in "zinc"
Fun fact: most uranium material is radioactive but ot just makes alpha particles that arent bad for us. Just dont eat it or let it be near of you for long time cuz that can do horrible things.
I remember in Earth Science class with the best teacher made me inspect some of these elements and sulfur definetly smelled the worst. Love your videos
F - is for "Flatten"
U - is for "Uranium"
N - is for "No survivors"
F is for fire that burns through the whole town
U is for uranium, BOMBs
N is for no survivors, WHEN YOU…
:0 Plankton! that is what fun ISN'T about!...
Now... do it like this:
F- is for Frends who do stuff t...
@@kboi647*NEVER!* That's completely idiotic!
F is for fallout
"3/10 fractured throughout, *URANI-* zink" perfect, just perfect
Soo true
Nah blud was about to give himself URANIUM FEVER
*URANI*- 💥
zinc*
@@zadiczane7618 ok and
Bro went all out while saying uranium....😂
The irs: ...
The fbi: FBI OPEN UP
The irs is coming for you...
Whoops my bad 50 cents is 50cents
Most robot comment
@@Minty133why is the IRS gonna get me? I live on Mercury, I don't have to pay Uranium Taxes
Oh well i live on the sun and still have to play taxes thats unfair
Bro waited his whole life to flex his forearms
that's exactly what I'm thinking 😂
he's done that a lot though I think
"Urani-Zinc" LOL😂
uranzinc 💀
Uranium -zinc"Bru🤣
I love how he skip over it like 'nope'😂
@@maximilliansmith2785 Uranium fever has done and got me down,
Uranium fever is spreadin' all around
The creation of atomic bombs is a complex and highly technical process involving sophisticated scientific principles and advanced engineering techniques. These weapons derive their explosive power from nuclear reactions, either fission or a combination of fission and fusion. This essay outlines the fundamental processes involved in making atomic bombs, focusing on the scientific principles, the materials used, and the engineering challenges.
Scientific Principles: Fission and Fusion
At the core of an atomic bomb’s design are the principles of nuclear fission and fusion. Fission involves the splitting of heavy atomic nuclei (such as uranium-235 or plutonium-239) into lighter nuclei, releasing a vast amount of energy, neutrons, and gamma rays. This process is initiated when a neutron collides with the nucleus of a fissile atom, causing it to become unstable and split. Each fission event releases additional neutrons, which can then induce further fission reactions in a chain reaction.
Fusion, on the other hand, involves the merging of light nuclei, such as isotopes of hydrogen (deuterium and tritium), to form heavier nuclei, releasing energy. This process powers hydrogen bombs, which use a fission bomb as a trigger to achieve the extremely high temperatures and pressures needed for fusion.
Materials Used: Fissile and Fusionable Materials
The primary materials used in atomic bombs are fissile isotopes like uranium-235 and plutonium-239. Uranium-235 is naturally occurring but must be enriched from its more common isotope, uranium-238, to increase its concentration. Enrichment is typically achieved through gas centrifugation or gaseous diffusion.
Plutonium-239 is not naturally occurring and is produced in nuclear reactors by irradiating uranium-238 with neutrons. The irradiated uranium is then chemically separated to extract plutonium.
For hydrogen bombs, additional materials such as deuterium and tritium are required. Deuterium is extracted from heavy water, while tritium is produced in nuclear reactors or bred from lithium-6.
Engineering Challenges: Design and Assembly
The design and assembly of atomic bombs involve addressing several engineering challenges to ensure the weapon’s functionality and safety.
1. Implosion-Type Design: For plutonium-based bombs, an implosion-type design is commonly used. This involves surrounding a plutonium core with conventional explosives arranged symmetrically. When detonated, these explosives compress the plutonium core to a supercritical state, initiating a chain reaction. Precision in the timing and uniformity of the explosive lenses is crucial for achieving the necessary compression.
2. Gun-Type Design: For uranium-based bombs, a simpler gun-type design can be employed. This design involves shooting one sub-critical piece of uranium-235 into another using conventional explosives, thus achieving a supercritical mass. The gun-type design is less efficient and bulkier but was used in the “Little Boy” bomb dropped on Hiroshima.
3. Fusion Boosting and Thermonuclear Designs: More advanced bombs, such as the hydrogen bomb, incorporate fusion boosting. In these designs, a fission bomb acts as a trigger, compressing and heating a fusion fuel (deuterium and tritium) to initiate fusion. This significantly increases the bomb’s explosive yield. Thermonuclear bombs, or hydrogen bombs, employ a two-stage process where a primary fission explosion triggers a secondary fusion explosion, resulting in vastly higher energy release.
4. Safety Mechanisms: Ensuring the bomb remains safe and does not detonate accidentally is paramount. Modern designs include various safety mechanisms such as environmental sensors, electronic locks, and physical barriers that prevent unauthorized or accidental detonation.
"Uranium oh cool colors! " *fucking explodes*
Uranium is an ugly metal. THATS uranium ore, and it’s probably comically low in concentration. You cant even call that uranium, it’s like 20 other things
"Who turned on the microwave?"
Demon core V2
@@Kibbin6702frI did and putted 100 silver utensils in it
likelihood you'd end up with shiny radioactive metal
No lead bite 🥺👉👈
💀Chill
I thought the Same💀
Edit : tysmmm for all the Likes
No uranium bite 🥺👉👈
@@Asht-lf9ef no mouth explosions😔
@@Nilgun-mj3kb Wtf kinda jaw muscles you got that can cause a fissile reaction from *biting* uranium?
nah, my bro always starts by spanking the machine first
Bro DID NOT DARE to bite off the lead
URANIUM FEVE- I don't want to set the world on fire
@@richtofengroup935if he took a bite outta that uranium he gonna have ur(anal)ium fever
Are fishing weights pure leads? Because I bite them softly to put them on the fishing line all the time
@@austinhernandez2716 then it might be wise for you to do a checkup for heavy metals
@@austinhernandez2716 no lead is too dangerous avoid it buddy
*Uranium*
Pure Uranium Ball
How did one word get to the top comment
Yummy
Read it was actually a silvery metal, with density only second to tungsten.
Uranium isn’t actually all that dangerous alone
We not gonna talk about that bite in the zinc?
How else do you test the hardness
I ate it
It was delicious, but quite hard
7.5/10
THATS WHAT IN SAYIN
Yum yu-
Bro just got a little hungry
Uranium Disspawned immediately 💀
Is nobody gonna talk about the man rizzing the macchine 😭 💀
OMG YESS LIKE NOBODY IS TALKING ABOUT IT
What
I have no idea where it is
He is just making sure the Machine Spirit is appeased.
stop saying rizz to everything
Bro was flirting with the machine 💀💀
Ikr
Nah he was tryna f-
I was lookin for this comment lmao
😂
he was grinding it's gears..
Uranium be like : you missed the part where that's my problem
They don't want to flatten you because you are precious to them
Spiderman refference
Uranium is one of the most rarest Metal in the world
Uranium be like : you missed the part
Yea thats righ
"HEY LOOK URANIUMS BACK"
*uranium leaves*
"aw shuck uranium left... byr urani-ZINC!"
BRO REALLY BIT INTO THE ZINC💀
Yeah I notice that too lol
cause zinc isn’t toxic 💀
but why do you need to bite it. Does it taste good?
I'M SO GLAD SOMEONE ELSE NOTICED BROSKI
Gotta say thanks for biting the zinc 💀
😂😂😂
WHY DID I THINK HE WAS GONNA TAKE A BITE OUT OF LEAD...
I thought about the too
Edit: *that too
Same lol
Hahahaahhaha
same
No it was zink
OK, if you’re not going to flatten the uranium, at least give it to us as a snack
Uranium: 😊
Uranium 235: 💀
Yeah
238.03
@@reetobrotomridha7144 uranium 235 named after it molar mass, is different then the normal Uranium 238 (Google it(
💀💀💀
This Reply Section Became Only Nerds 😂
I was 100% expecting a bite out of the lead before remembering how bad that'd be
Imagine tho💀
Same 😭
Heh... Classic.
Bro rizzed the machine💀
unfunny
@@videogameplayss preach, the most unfunniest comment I've ever came across
🥚🥚🥚🥚🥚🥚
Like nobody wants to see your muscles
You still have time to delete this comment yk
Thanks sir for this amazing lecture ❤❤
bro getting freaky with that flattener 😳
𝓕𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓴𝔂
So 𝓕𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓴𝔂 👅
BAHA-
I WAS FINNA SAY 😭✋
Bros flattener is a victim
Even the ai sounded scared when you pulled out the uranium
tts*
"Aww man I really want him to do uranium"💀
he explode the machine when puting the uranium
@@amdfx0834yeah he knows that he’s being sarcastic😒
@theramfam7397 what if he didn't know that?
bro took a bite out of the metal 💀
The full bite marks in the zinc 💀
bro gave in to his intrusive thoughts with that bite! 😂
impulsive, learn the difference
@@ravenouscrow6308 🤓
@@nothanks4204 Its not just that, its the fact that this creates a negative stigma around real intrusive thoughts. The stigma around them causes people to surpress them which can lead to sulcidal ideation.
@@ravenouscrow6308 real intrusive thoughts are nothing like what people joke about on the internet. I have OCD and suffer from actual, very real intrusive thoughts. I don’t feel stigmatized and like I want to kill myself because some guy yelled in a video and someone else made a joke about it. If you really want to be helpful you shouldn’t comment in such a patronizing manner.
@@nothanks4204 You're one person. As someone who also has really bad intrusive thoughts, these are the kind of comments that made me feel othered when I was younger and extremely sulcial. Its not about one guy doing it, its about continuing the stigma against it in society as a whole.
Bro was gonna start the world war 3 💀
How does flattening a metal starts a ww3...?
You make no sense
Never comment again
Uranium is an ingredient to make a nuclear Bomb
That's ingredient to make a Nuclear bomb.@@Respecteddude666
@@Speed_2011-n3z you gave him the idea, you'll be blamed
@@Respecteddude666 bro is deeply upset over this comment
Bro flexing his biceps 💪🏼
The thing I’m wondering is how did this man get uranium
its fake, youve seen too many movies if you think uranium is actually green and glowing
I’m wondering if it actually is uranium, and if it is, then why is s/he holding it with gloves you can buy at Walmart or Walgreens 😅😅
that was a piece of Autonite (a crystal comprised of Calcium Phosphate and Uranium) Autonite is essentially uranium ore which only has about 8.70-8.75mg of Uranium in a sample that size so when it is encased in that acryllic cube it is pretty safe to handle as long as it doesn't crack, you can buy them online but they cost about £110 each
@@Half_of_The_WorldHow many can I buy before the FBI and CAI start asking Questions? In Minecraft of course ;)
@@King_the_CEO_OF_GAMBLERS as many as the supplier let's you buy, refining the ore requires millions of £s of equipment, and even then you'd retrieve a pitiful amount of radioactive material, hence why it's safe to hold an item like this in your hand
dude was hungry and ate the zinc 💀
IS NOBODY GONNA TALK ABOUT WHAT THE FIRST ITEM WAS THO?????
@@orangewolf1093 lead? What about it
@@KingVR1111 look at what it's shaped like
@@orangewolf1093what? Its just Like a triangle or smth like that
@@orangewolf1093 isnt it just a fishing weight?
When i heard Ura- i got excited until you had to ruin the fun💀
Bro he was gonna blow up wtf
@@TheFluxChampion that's the funny part💀
@@nicolabertini2741 ah
@@TheFluxChampion Nah you'd need very pure Uranium 235 to do that, the amount he had would be virtually harmless.
I say virtually because the most dangerous part about most isotopes of Uranium is heavy metal poisoning from breathing in Uranium dust.
@@BetaDude40People just think that they would blow up if they have uranium, plutonium, radium, thorium, etc. while they do MUCH WORSE than that, that is radiation poisioning, which can cause slow and more painful death (also known as CANCER). But they don't just blow up.
Not the bite marks 😭✋
bro js wanted to flex his muscles at the end😭🙏🏽🙏🏽
THOSE BICEPS ARE INSANE
@@Hittheonerigh
It's her bro
@@1gauravpatil674its not
@@1gauravpatil674how do you know?
Dont be shy, flatten the uranium
Yeah we wanna explode😂
Ikr who doesn't want potentially lethal doses of radiation coursing through our body gradually killing us
@@Gacha.fairy. exactly
When I saw uranium, I was like: how the hell did he get that 😂
"Uraniu- Zinc" 😂
I'm plagued by the idea of a cowboy wizard and I just see him saying "I cast up Belly full of lead"
Rootin’, tootin’, toil n’ shootin’
Fire burn and cowboy bootin’
Eye of newt and spicy beans,
Toe of frog and denim jeans,
Whiskey, grits, n’ demon spittle
tossed into my iron griddle
With the tannin’ of our hides,
Somethin’ wicked this way rides
@@rinoz47I sung this in a cowboy song way
This is amazing @@rinoz47
Ok but nobody noticed how he rizzed the machine in the beginning? 💀
Copied ah comment
Bruh dude 😂
@@kairu93731 hour ago
@@sadiaafreen4852 1 hour ago
Never thought I'd have to read a comment like this
Can we just appreciate how strong his forearm looks when he broke that lats thing
He is buffed
Hes so hot ❤❤
*last
@@rust5427 eww
@@chailantz4309 not ew! 50% of the world finds that attractive
him being down bad over some metal is crazy
Bro was so hungry that he ate the Uranium😂
Bro i opened comments fro this 🗿
Dont flatten uranium
*zinc
shes a girl
Bro Got Rizz with That Machine 😂
Also the forearm tho
Doing the things they would never know
Treat me like white tee
Don't give me dirty
😂😂😂😂😂
dude did you copy my comment?
Brainrot comment
@@seek9903 where it's is
Bro didn't try biting the lead though 💀
I was BEGGING you to take a bit out of that lead ribbon 😂
DID BRO JUST PULL OUT URANIUM???🤑💀💀☠️💀💀
Them: “Urani- Zinc.”
Me: wtf
Bro, didn’t even try to use uranium
Bro uranium is used for nuclear bombs
@@JoelCabujatreally???!!!You are a Real big brain and you missen the koke idiot
@@JoelCabujat which type? Don't act like you know if you don't
Thx Captain Obvious@@JoelCabujat
@@JoelCabujatlol only the fissionable u-235 isotope is used. The most common isotope that you can buy commercially is u-238, which is not fissionable and is only radioactive enough to be harmful if ingested
I came into this video for uranium...but........😂
Thank god he didnt let those intruisive thoughts win
He did though. Look at the zinc a bit closely
Make sure to burn the sulphur it smells amazing
These videos tickle my brain waves and give me serotonin
Urainm be like - are you taking me as fun 😈😈😈😈
Bro absolutely chomped on that zinc rod 😂😂
Edit- Thank you for 2.0k likes, thank you so much ❤❤
Giving in to his inner Jackie Kennedy
I have the power 999 likes to 1K
@@MicJam9999do you know that nobody cares?
@@somerandomdude331 bro just chill
and yes ik
I care
Bro rizzed upped the machine at the start 💀
Ikr 😂😂
He does that every time 😂
He everytime dose e 😆
I would
I feel tingly all the sudden...
The Salt Bae spoof at the end was hilarious 😂
The Uranium got me dude😂😂
I swear you treat Uranium like it's the middle child
damn that's deep.😅
but true.
"Uraniu- zinc," bro got me rolling
Edit: Ty for 1k likes
Edit 2: OMG THANKS FOR 2.1K LIKES
Edit: Thank you guys for 1K likes!
URANIUM 💀
Fun fact : the real clip is not showing. He hides the original video when his whole city explodes, then he redirects it to his son then continued in "zinc"
@@chimpxi underrated...😂🤣
I want Uranium 😔👍
I don’t get it
999 likes...?
Don’t be shy, give the people what they want
thank you so much for doing uranium it makes me happy ♥
"thin but still pretty hard" automatically me "that's we he said 💀"
That's what he said
He?
Oh wait now I get it 💀
gen alpha is doomed
@@Herra_Perkele I'm gen z 💀
my man couldnt resist trying to take a bite off that Zinc
Bro did not hold back and took a bite 💀🙏
All Krusty Krab workers MUST have lead in their hats.
bro why are you flirting with the machine😭💀
FR!?💀🤣
He violated it 💀💀
Who all noticed his sleeper build?
what sleeper build… even without flexing it looks like he has nice forearms
Bro couldn’t resist a bite 💀
“Urani- zinc” got me laughing for no flipping reason
"Urani-
Zinc !!"💀
The fact that he rizzed up his machine at the beginning 😂😂😂
Bro summoned the rust community with that sulfur
hell ya
Like oxidation?
@@nicm5616 No, sulfur is a popular resurce in Rust. It has many uses, most common being raiding.
@@nicm5616It’s a game
Fun fact: most uranium material is radioactive but ot just makes alpha particles that arent bad for us. Just dont eat it or let it be near of you for long time cuz that can do horrible things.
Uranium joined the game
.
Uranium left the game
Edit-How did this blew up
Look at his arm 💪🏻
Look at the likes. Just cursed
No uranium got banned from game😂
Uranium joileft the game !
How did this blow up?
Because it’s uranium
Uranium 💀💀💀
Lmaoooo I 100% expected them to be like "Not really uranium" or "not crushing that haha"
I love the immediate cut you went with SO much more! 😂
the aggressive slap at the beginning
bro was tryna get rizzy after that
💀💀💀💀💀💀💀
caught bro lacking at the start with that machine
Bro casually owns uranium 💀
Casually owns a block of Uranium for homeland defense because that's what President Truman intended.
Hafnium
...... WHERE'S WHOLENIUM??!!
Bro let the intrusive thoughts win💀
Yup why did he do it to the zink
Bro violated the machine in the first clip😭🙏🙏🙏
thats not even violating😭
That sulfur ore looks gorgeous.
I remember in Earth Science class with the best teacher made me inspect some of these elements and sulfur definetly smelled the worst. Love your videos
Blud never fails to show off those forearms
bro was about to do some firecrackers
Urani-zinc got me dying 😂
Bro's egding to metals 😂
I’m rating on how well they can be chewed on and uranium is a 10/10
Bro was about to kill himself with Uranium 💀
the little *✨sprinkle sprinkle✨* for the sulfer at the end was, PERFECT
So r we just not gonna talk abt how this man has literal uranium in his hands
Bro casually has an entire sulfur mini Boulder💀
Uranium be like -- It's good that you remembered me that I am Uranium ,otherwise your machine will be in other universe 😂😂😂
???
Bro got a bit hungry with that zinc
urainum like: WE DED WITH THIS ONE BOIIS