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cgannon64
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Plutonium is man-made---made from Uranium as someone said. Of course, uranium has since been phased out by plutonium and whatever is in an H-Bomb (what IS in an H-bomb?)
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Bleyn
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Originally posted by HazieDaVampire
Aluminium is from iron, so is steel. Thats why i made modern ships need iron so that it stays valuble! |
Ahhh..... No.
Aluminum is not made from Iron(Fe 26 on the periodic table). It is a seperate element, Al (13 on the periodic table). It is refined from a variety of minerals containing aluminum oxides, including bauxite and a number of others. While iron might also be present in those minerals, its presence is not required.
A good starting reference for the elements, including Aluminum and Uranium is the Los Alamos National Laboratory's Periodic Table of Elements.
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Bleyn
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Originally posted by kmill25
H-Bomb.
Hydrogen bomb.
But don't quote me on that. |
Correct.
The original atomic bombs were pure fission devices. All they really did was slap quantities of uranium or plutonium together to create a criticial mass for an uncontrolled fission reaction.
The Hydrogen bomb was the first fission-fusion bomb. The fission reaction is actually being used to power a far more powerful fusion reaction in a small amount of tritium(hydrogen isotope) contained in the center of the device. Thus the name.
I don't know that many of the nucs in the arsenals of at least the leading powers are pure fission devices anymore. Maybe some of the tac nukes, though I'm not sure what sort of tricks they pull in the Dial-a-Yield bombs. All of the ICBMs would be fission-fusion bombs these days. Much higher yields per weapon, with little increase in the size.
Pure fission devices would however be technically simpler to manfacture for a country attempting to bootstrap itself into the Nuclear Club.
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Incubus0223
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Minnesota
Sep 2002
time: 05:22
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Originally posted by Jawa Jocky
Plutonium exist naturally too (in extremely small amounts). One of the Uranium isotopes will double decay into Plutonium naturally. |
Hey guys, i just came over from civfanatics since their server is shut down for two days according to Thuderfall, but any hoo
This is correct, Plutonium does exist in nature but is not a stable element, ones that are include helium, argon, xenon, etc., with this it is when found in nature usually bonded with another element to cause it to be stable, or even more common the istopes (determined by # of neutrons) will have been decayed into another element, plutonium, with this and the rare amounts of uranium known, this causes it to be easiler man made. along with other elements such as americum, estienum, they all are physically possible because the number of protons they have can be neutralled out by the amount of electrons which are negative in the orbitals around the neclus,
along with the i saw someone mentioned and i think another person ansered the H-bomb question what it is is the use of hydrogen atoms to cause another nuclear reaction only far more stronger (i'm 95% positive its fission power with along with bits of fusion), fission is the physic(ally) possible way to created power, fusion isn't therotically possible altough we do have it, due to the law of conservation of energy/mass, although we do have it, a flaw of modern science  !!!
Hope this helps 
EDIT: Forgot to discuss aluminum
this is pretty much covered, aluminum is an element, as well as iron, an example of something that isn't an element is steel (mix of iron and carbon).
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The Yankee
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New York
Sep 2002
time: 00:22
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I thought Uranium was the last natural element (92). Those after that were scientist-made (up to Unununium or whatever the hell they call it).
Oh yeah, how is Rensselaer and Puget Sound to the guys in the area? I got my college apps coming up soon and my choices happen to include those areas.
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cgannon64
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Originally posted by Bleyn
The Hydrogen bomb was the first fission-fusion bomb. The fission reaction is actually being used to power a far more powerful fusion reaction in a small amount of tritium(hydrogen isotope) contained in the center of the device. Thus the name.
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Wow. I guess that is why the first H-Bomb test on Bikini Atoll (or wherever it was) vaporized the island?
Never underestimate man's power to find ways to kill his fellow man...
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Incubus0223
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Minnesota
Sep 2002
time: 05:22
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whoops thats what i meant fission what happens at nuclear plants, the shoting of neutrons into atoms to cause a chain reaction of the spliting of nucleuse at high amounts to creat energy isn't possible, mixed up myself, fusion what happens on the sun and in weapons using two different istopes of hydrogen and creating high amouts of external pressure forcing them to fuse and release energy is possible because, the offset is a helium atom, fission like we know has a waste we cannot do anything with because it has a bunch of ionized, having a negative charge(too many electrons), or radioactive, having a postivitive charge(too many protons) srry bout getting you guys mixed up
so in general
A-bomb fission bomb
H-bomb first fusion bomb at all with bits of fission tech.
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Ethelred
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Originally posted by Incubus0223
whoops thats what i meant fission what happens at nuclear plants, the shoting of neutrons into atoms to cause a chain reaction of the spliting of nucleuse at high amounts to creat energy isn't possible, mixed up myself, . |
What do you mean it isn't possible. Its done and there is nothing in physics that says it can't be done. I agree that you are mixed up.
The energy is there in the in the nucleus. U235 and plutonium are both sufficiently unstable that they spontaneously fission releasing energy. If hit with a neutron with the enough enery they can stimulated to fission. There is nothing in physics that says this is impossible. I am curiuos as to why you think otherwise.
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Incubus0223
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Minnesota
Sep 2002
time: 05:22
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Originally posted by Ethelred
What do you mean it isn't possible. Its done and there is nothing in physics that says it can't be done. I agree that you are mixed up.
The energy is there in the in the nucleus. U235 and plutonium are both sufficiently unstable that they spontaneously fission releasing energy. If hit with a neutron with the enough enery they can stimulated to fission. There is nothing in physics that says this is impossible. I am curiuos as to why you think otherwise. |
It all goes according to theory of Conservation of Energy, we know that you can fuse things this releases energy, but then to break them apart also creates energy goes against one of the basic laws of physics, you basically could if you wanted to, fuse atoms together to make plutonium then use fission to break it apart and you have more energy, but the same thing, it hard to describe but its like we can create or destroy matter, so therotically we couldn't create or destroy
But yes we can do it and we have broken the law but therotically it was not possible energy either
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14-09-2002 01:57
You might want to make less of a declaration about things in the future before you check your facts.
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