17 Dec
2003
17 Dec
'03
11:17 p.m.
This thread is just too interesting... Mikolaj wrote:
This also depends on the type of bomb. In a two-stage fusion bomb, you are quite correct - the tritium-deuterium/tritium fusion reaction gives the boom. However, in a three-stage bomb, there is an additional fission reaction, this due to the fact that the neutrons produced by the fusion reaction have the precise energy required to fission U-238. Since U-238 is vastly easier to obtain than enriched U-235, there is no great problem with sticking in half a tonne of it. Around that you can add cobalt jackets, etc, for more interesting effects.
What does the cobalt jacket do? -- Lucky Green <shamrock@netcom.com> PGP public key by finger