Re:A Hydrogen Bomb by any other name
by robotresearcher on Tuesday January 12, 2016 @07:12AM
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> A proper hydrogen bomb would be purely fusion.
But a fission device is used to get the fusion reaction going in all practical designs, I think.
The fine article describes the design of the US's actual hydrogen bombs as follows - I don't know if you'd count them as 'proper':
> So there are really three stages of nuclear reaction in such a bomb: the primary (fission), the secondary’s internal fuel (fusion), and the secondary’s casing (more fission).
But a fission device is used to get the fusion reaction going in all practical designs, I think.
The fine article describes the design of the US's actual hydrogen bombs as follows - I don't know if you'd count them as 'proper':
> So there are really three stages of nuclear reaction in such a bomb: the primary (fission), the secondary’s internal fuel (fusion), and the secondary’s casing (more fission).