Rutherford’s Transmutation of Nitrogen Ernest RutherfordDisintegration Chamber.

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Rutherford’s Transmutation of Nitrogen Ernest Rutherford Disintegration Chamber

Transcript of Rutherford’s Transmutation of Nitrogen Ernest RutherfordDisintegration Chamber.

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Rutherford’s Transmutation of Nitrogen

Ernest Rutherford Disintegration Chamber

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Cyclotron

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Nuclear Binding Energies

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Fission

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Critical Mass

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Enrico Fermi

Chicago Pile 1Stagg Field, University of Chicago

Uranium PelletsGraphite BricksCadmium Coated Rods

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Uranium Enrichment0.7% 235U

Uranium Hexafluoride

Gas Storage Cylinder

Oakridge, TNGaseous Diffusion

238UF6 vs. 235UF6

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Fission Bomb

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Little-BoyUranium BombDropped on Hiroshima13 – 18 kiloTons of TNT

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Fat ManPlutonium BombDropped on Nagasaki21 kiloTons

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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

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Fusion BombMikeLiquid Deuterium BombEnewetak Atoll10 – 12 MegaTons

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Teller – Ulam Design

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