Can any body explain nuclear fusion with reference to hydrogen bomb

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Can any body explain nuclear fusion with reference to hydrogen bomb

Answer 1

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The presumable structure of a thermonuclear bomb is as follows: at its center is an atomic bomb; surrounding it is a layer of lithium deuteride (a compound of lithium and deuterium, the isotope of hydrogen with mass number 2); around it is a tamper, a thick outer layer, frequently of fissionable material, that holds the contents together in order to obtain a larger explosion. Neutrons from the atomic explosion cause the lithium to fission into helium, tritium (the isotope of hydrogen with mass number 3), and energy. The atomic explosion also supplies the temperatures needed for the subsequent fusion of deuterium with tritium, and of tritium with tritium (50,000,000°C and 400,000,000°C, respectively). Enough neutrons are produced in the fusion reactions to produce further fission in the core and to initiate fission in the tamper.

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Answer 2

Fusion is joining of 2 small atoms into a an atom of heavier element. With this, a large amount of energy is also released. To obtain a fusion reaction, extremely high heat and pressure are required, so in a Hydrogen bomb, a small fission reaction also takes place which provides w=for this heat and pressure.

In these extreme condition, 2 Hydrogen atoms (used in fuel) combine to form deutrium (isotope of hydrogen) releasing energy, 2 deutriums combine to form helium, and a hydrogen atoms itself combine to form helium. In each step huge amount of energy is released. Hence, the start product - hydrogen gets converted into helium with a release of huge amont of energy.

Answer 3

Nuclear fusion reactions occur when two atoms of light nuclei fuse together under v high temperatures (150 million ºC), producing an atom of heavier nuclei. Vast amounts of energy are also produced. E.g. hydrogen nuclei in stars

4H --> He + subatomic particles

The vast amount of energy released is what causes an explosion as it's a violent exothermic reaction.

In space though, this energy is converted to light energy, which is why we can see the sun..

Answer 4

nuclear fusion is the fusing (joining) together of two smaller nuclei to form a heavier nucleus.

Our sun performs this under the high temperatures necessary to overcome the electrostatic repulsion between the two nuclei so that they can come close enough together that the strong interaction can take hold (the nuclear force binding the atoms in the nucleus together, mediated by gluons)

This involves fusion of hydrogen to form helium primarily.

Hydrogen bombs do this to an extent, although most of them use fission to create the high temperatures and pressure necessary for fusion to occur, fusion on average releases far more energy than fission, and would be an idea for future energy production if it was more feasible. The hydrogen nuclei are smashed together with such high kinetic energy that they come close enough for the strong nuclear force to bind them together to form helium, some of the energy is used as binding energy for the new nucleus, but the rest is liberated into the surroundings through  an explosion (H bomb) or a controlled reaction such as within a star

Answer 5

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