Hydrogen bomb / A. DeVolpi.

Format:

Video

Author/Creator:

DeVolpi, A., author.

Series:

McGraw-Hill's AccessScience.

McGraw-Hill's AccessScience

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hydrogen bomb.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : ill., figs., tables.

Place of Publication:

New York, N.Y. : McGraw-Hill Education LLC., 2024.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

A hydrogen bomb is a device in which an uncontrolled, self-sustaining, thermonuclear fusion reaction is carried out in heavy hydrogen (deuterium or tritium) to produce an explosion. For a hydrogen bomb's nuclear fusion reaction to become self-sustaining, an enormous critical temperature must be initially attained via a fission explosive. Hydrogen bombs can be multistage devices or fusion-boosted atomic bombs. Fusion-boosted weapons are militarily more desirable than pure-fission weapons because they are generally lighter, more efficient, and more powerful. The total energy, or yield, of a typical fusion-boosted weapon is hundreds of kilotons, while for typical multistage weapons, the yield reaches into the megaton range.

Notes:

Previous versions published September 2014.

Originally produced by A. DeVolpi in 2024.

Publisher Number:

https://doi.org/10.1036/1097-8542.328700 DOI