Re: Physics Lesson

[David & Virginia Garrett <garrett@planetc.com>]

At 01:01 PM 7/4/97 +0000, you wrote:
>>>>Oh, and the bombs dropped on Japan during World War II were not 
>hydrogen bombs, they were atom bombs.  The one dropped on Hiroshima 
>
>Erm, sorry, there is no difference.  Nuclear bombs work by the 
>fission of electrons from, in this case, hydrogen atoms (or something 
>like that), which is why these two terms are synonymous.  Good 
>effort, must try harder, 5/10.

Dead wrong.
Atom bombs are straight fission reactions, from plutonium or U-238.
Hydrogen bombs utilize a fission-fusion reaction, and were not developed
until the 1950's.
	-David
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