Rutherford’s Transmutation of Nitrogen
Ernest Rutherford Disintegration Chamber
Cyclotron
Nuclear Binding Energies
Fission
Critical Mass
Enrico Fermi
Chicago Pile 1Stagg Field, University of Chicago
Uranium PelletsGraphite BricksCadmium Coated Rods
Uranium Enrichment0.7% 235U
Uranium Hexafluoride
Gas Storage Cylinder
Oakridge, TNGaseous Diffusion
238UF6 vs. 235UF6
Fission Bomb
Little-BoyUranium BombDropped on Hiroshima13 – 18 kiloTons of TNT
Fat ManPlutonium BombDropped on Nagasaki21 kiloTons
Fusion - Naturally Occurring
11H + 1
1H 21H + 0
1e
11H + 2
1H 32He
32He + 3
2He 42He + 2 1
1H
32He + 1
1H 42He + 0
1e
Fusion BombMikeLiquid Deuterium BombEnewetak Atoll10 – 12 MegaTons
Teller – Ulam Design
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