Re: Physics lesson

["Lucas Bleicher" <bleicher@hotmail.com>]

"Citywatch Ltd" 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.

In fact THERE'S A DIFFERENCE. Nuclear bombs are fission bombs, (they use 
heavy atoms such as Plutonium and Uranium, which are "broken", forming 
light ones). Hydrogen bombs are FUSION bombs, i.e. Hydrogen atoms 
forming heavier atoms (Such as Helium). BUT, hydrogen bombs need a huge 
quantity of energy to work, SO, there's a built-in atomic bomb on it to 
generate this amount of energy.
see ya...

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