Yes, the fusion bomb is triggered by nuclear reaction. Thus we have the nuclear radiation fallout mostly from the trigger, not the H Bomb on itself.
The strength of the explosive is measured by the total strength of the explosion. Therefore 10 megatons would equal the explosion force of fusion and fission. We can agree (hopefully), that the fission part of the H -Bomb would be reduced to absolute minimun, just to get it work.
Notice please, that for every megaton explosion force, you need a certain amount of explosive material. Therefore it is irrelevant to get one 10 megaton bomb started or ten one megaton bombs. The overall amount of needed material for explosion would be the same (for the ten single bombs you need more raw materials, after all you have to encase all ten bombs within steel and lead cases)
The general principle on a fission bomb, is to break a nucleus in two parts, freeing some protons to break more nuclei and through the breaking gain very large amount of energy. The resulting nuclei from this process are quite instable, therefore the radiation.
The principle on the fusion bomb is to get Hydrogen nuclei together to form Helium nuclei and in process generate large amount of energy. Helium is a very stable lement, simply because it only has four particles in its nucleus. Therefore you get almost no radiation out of a H -Bomb. only from the trigger fission bomb and perhaps from rare Helium isotopes.
Therefore you can easily measure in any given area, if the explosion was a fission bomb or fusion bomb. Simply because of the elemental makeup of the explosion site and the ongoing radiation.
The strength of the explosive is measured by the total strength of the explosion. Therefore 10 megatons would equal the explosion force of fusion and fission. We can agree (hopefully), that the fission part of the H -Bomb would be reduced to absolute minimun, just to get it work.
Notice please, that for every megaton explosion force, you need a certain amount of explosive material. Therefore it is irrelevant to get one 10 megaton bomb started or ten one megaton bombs. The overall amount of needed material for explosion would be the same (for the ten single bombs you need more raw materials, after all you have to encase all ten bombs within steel and lead cases)
The general principle on a fission bomb, is to break a nucleus in two parts, freeing some protons to break more nuclei and through the breaking gain very large amount of energy. The resulting nuclei from this process are quite instable, therefore the radiation.
The principle on the fusion bomb is to get Hydrogen nuclei together to form Helium nuclei and in process generate large amount of energy. Helium is a very stable lement, simply because it only has four particles in its nucleus. Therefore you get almost no radiation out of a H -Bomb. only from the trigger fission bomb and perhaps from rare Helium isotopes.
Therefore you can easily measure in any given area, if the explosion was a fission bomb or fusion bomb. Simply because of the elemental makeup of the explosion site and the ongoing radiation.
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