Uranium is an ugly metal. THATS uranium ore, and it’s probably comically low in concentration. You cant even call that uranium, it’s like 20 other things
The creation of atomic bombs is a complex and highly technical process involving sophisticated scientific principles and advanced engineering techniques. These weapons derive their explosive power from nuclear reactions, either fission or a combination of fission and fusion. This essay outlines the fundamental processes involved in making atomic bombs, focusing on the scientific principles, the materials used, and the engineering challenges. Scientific Principles: Fission and Fusion At the core of an atomic bomb’s design are the principles of nuclear fission and fusion. Fission involves the splitting of heavy atomic nuclei (such as uranium-235 or plutonium-239) into lighter nuclei, releasing a vast amount of energy, neutrons, and gamma rays. This process is initiated when a neutron collides with the nucleus of a fissile atom, causing it to become unstable and split. Each fission event releases additional neutrons, which can then induce further fission reactions in a chain reaction. Fusion, on the other hand, involves the merging of light nuclei, such as isotopes of hydrogen (deuterium and tritium), to form heavier nuclei, releasing energy. This process powers hydrogen bombs, which use a fission bomb as a trigger to achieve the extremely high temperatures and pressures needed for fusion. Materials Used: Fissile and Fusionable Materials The primary materials used in atomic bombs are fissile isotopes like uranium-235 and plutonium-239. Uranium-235 is naturally occurring but must be enriched from its more common isotope, uranium-238, to increase its concentration. Enrichment is typically achieved through gas centrifugation or gaseous diffusion. Plutonium-239 is not naturally occurring and is produced in nuclear reactors by irradiating uranium-238 with neutrons. The irradiated uranium is then chemically separated to extract plutonium. For hydrogen bombs, additional materials such as deuterium and tritium are required. Deuterium is extracted from heavy water, while tritium is produced in nuclear reactors or bred from lithium-6. Engineering Challenges: Design and Assembly The design and assembly of atomic bombs involve addressing several engineering challenges to ensure the weapon’s functionality and safety. 1. Implosion-Type Design: For plutonium-based bombs, an implosion-type design is commonly used. This involves surrounding a plutonium core with conventional explosives arranged symmetrically. When detonated, these explosives compress the plutonium core to a supercritical state, initiating a chain reaction. Precision in the timing and uniformity of the explosive lenses is crucial for achieving the necessary compression. 2. Gun-Type Design: For uranium-based bombs, a simpler gun-type design can be employed. This design involves shooting one sub-critical piece of uranium-235 into another using conventional explosives, thus achieving a supercritical mass. The gun-type design is less efficient and bulkier but was used in the “Little Boy” bomb dropped on Hiroshima. 3. Fusion Boosting and Thermonuclear Designs: More advanced bombs, such as the hydrogen bomb, incorporate fusion boosting. In these designs, a fission bomb acts as a trigger, compressing and heating a fusion fuel (deuterium and tritium) to initiate fusion. This significantly increases the bomb’s explosive yield. Thermonuclear bombs, or hydrogen bombs, employ a two-stage process where a primary fission explosion triggers a secondary fusion explosion, resulting in vastly higher energy release. 4. Safety Mechanisms: Ensuring the bomb remains safe and does not detonate accidentally is paramount. Modern designs include various safety mechanisms such as environmental sensors, electronic locks, and physical barriers that prevent unauthorized or accidental detonation.
@@nothanks4204 Its not just that, its the fact that this creates a negative stigma around real intrusive thoughts. The stigma around them causes people to surpress them which can lead to sulcidal ideation.
@@ravenouscrow6308 real intrusive thoughts are nothing like what people joke about on the internet. I have OCD and suffer from actual, very real intrusive thoughts. I don’t feel stigmatized and like I want to kill myself because some guy yelled in a video and someone else made a joke about it. If you really want to be helpful you shouldn’t comment in such a patronizing manner.
@@nothanks4204 You're one person. As someone who also has really bad intrusive thoughts, these are the kind of comments that made me feel othered when I was younger and extremely sulcial. Its not about one guy doing it, its about continuing the stigma against it in society as a whole.
that was a piece of Autonite (a crystal comprised of Calcium Phosphate and Uranium) Autonite is essentially uranium ore which only has about 8.70-8.75mg of Uranium in a sample that size so when it is encased in that acryllic cube it is pretty safe to handle as long as it doesn't crack, you can buy them online but they cost about £110 each
@@King_the_CEO_OF_GAMBLERS as many as the supplier let's you buy, refining the ore requires millions of £s of equipment, and even then you'd retrieve a pitiful amount of radioactive material, hence why it's safe to hold an item like this in your hand
@@TheFluxChampion Nah you'd need very pure Uranium 235 to do that, the amount he had would be virtually harmless. I say virtually because the most dangerous part about most isotopes of Uranium is heavy metal poisoning from breathing in Uranium dust.
@@BetaDude40People just think that they would blow up if they have uranium, plutonium, radium, thorium, etc. while they do MUCH WORSE than that, that is radiation poisioning, which can cause slow and more painful death (also known as CANCER). But they don't just blow up.
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@@JoelCabujatlol only the fissionable u-235 isotope is used. The most common isotope that you can buy commercially is u-238, which is not fissionable and is only radioactive enough to be harmful if ingested
URANIUM 💀 Fun fact : the real clip is not showing. He hides the original video when his whole city explodes, then he redirects it to his son then continued in "zinc"
I remember in Earth Science class with the best teacher made me inspect some of these elements and sulfur definetly smelled the worst. Love your videos
Is no one going to talk about the fact that he started rizzing up the machine and made the machine practically mew? Edit thanks so much for 50 likes!!!
