Physics of the Atomic Bomb :: physics atom atomic bomb nuclear a-bomb

The speckic bomb (also known as the division bomb, A-bomb , or nuclear bomb) has a destructive power created by the fission of either uracil or plutonium. But, not any isotope of uranium can be used. Only U235 is used in the production of an atom bomb. U235 is very hard to come by due to the fact that it is moreover present within 0.7% of all natural uranium. In order to reprinting the U235 isotope from natural uranium a process of enrichment is used. The uranium must(prenominal) be enriched to 90% for actual use in a bomb. The enrichment process is complicate due to the fact that the uranium isotopes are practically chemically identical. This room that the different isotopes cannot be separated with just an easy chemical reaction. The isotopes must be separated by exploiting the little mass difference in the midst of the isotopes. There are many different systems used to separate these isotope s a couple of these are the commercial-gaseous diffusion process and the centrifuge process. An otherwise method of separation is the Electro Magnetic Separation process. This enrichment method was created by E.O. Lawrence. It involves passing uranium ions through a magnetic field which causes the U235 ions to separate and take a different path than the U238 ions. Following this collectors are used at the other end of the semi-circle to capture the separated U235. Fission of U235