Why Atom bombs are so powerful?

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We have heard many times; Atom bombs are very destructive weapon made by mankind. It is one of the worst inventions ever, it may be best invention for war lover. These bombs have power to make a city in to barren in just few seconds. There are very few countries in this world which have this bomb, Like USA, UK, Soviet Union (Russia), France, China, India, Pakistan and North Korea. Atom bombs have been used twice in a war, both times USA used against Japan near the end of second world war on the 6th of August 1945. By the using this bomb US won over the Japan when Japanese give up after the massive destruction caused by Atom bombs in 'Hiroshima' and 'Nagasaki'. About 100,000 Japanese died after this move of USA. It was the first and the last use of Atom bombs in a war.

The weight of Atom bombs are 10,300 pounds (about 5000 kg) but when or blasts, or create energy which is equals to the energy created by blast of 20,000 tons of TNT. The weight of an Atom bomb is not more than the weight of an average petrol tanker but when both will blast, there is a massive difference between their energy output.

Why this happens?

Did you remember the formula which tells mass and energy are interchangeable? Yes, I am talking about " E=MC^2". This formula is given by Albert Einstein in 1905. In this formula E= Energy, M= Mass and C= Speed of light (that is about 186,000 miles/sec). By giving this formula Einstein change the way of peoples to think about mass and energy. E=MC^2 for the first time connected the mass of an object with its energy and opened a new world of physics.

  With this formula if we calculate the energy possess by 1 kg of mass is equals to 9×10^16 joules, if we somehow transform all of it into energy. This amount of energy is capable to light 10 million houses for at least 4 years. So, if we take 100 kg and convert it directly into energy then we can light 10 million houses for 400 years, means 4 centuries. Unfortunately, it is not a easy task but this is a very hard task, however nuclear fission is one of several ways to release a little bit of energy from a mass, but most of the stuff remains in the form of familiar protons, neutrons and electrons. One more way to convert an entire block of matter into pure energy would be to bring it together with antimatter particles of matter and antimatter are same, expect for an opposite electrical charge. Unfortunately, we don't know any natural source of antimatter, the only way to produce it, is in particle accelerators and it would be taking up to 10 million years to produce a kilogram of it. Then which method is use in an Atom bomb?

  An Atom bomb use fission reaction to convert about 10% of mass into energy. The energy of Atom bomb came from nucleus of atom, just it does with fission weapon (Atom bombs). In Atom bombs, a mass of fissile material (Material which is rich in uranium or plutonium) if forced into supercriticality- allowing on exponential by shooting one piece of subcritical material in to another (this is also known as "Gun" method)

Amount of energy produces when an Atom bomb blast:

● Blast- 40-50% of total amount of energy.

● Ionizing radiation- 5% of total amount of energy.

● Thermal radiation- 30-50% of total amount of energy.

● Residual radiation- 5-10% of total amount of energy.

What happens when an Atom bomb blast?

● When an Atom bomb blast it produces a vacuum area just above the blast place.

● A mushroom like structure of cloud, smoke , dust forms above the blast place, which height is about 20 km.

● Very high shock wave produces, which is much more than any natural earthquake (which is enough to turn any city in barren)

● Too much ionizing radiation forms which last long for several years.

● Too much bright which is enough to burn a concrete wall fully, it makes any creature on earth blind by just seeing it.

What I think about Atom bomb?

> I think this is the worst invention ever made by humans. This is misuse of science and technology. We are human, we all are human, then how someone kill his/her own species. Not only humans all animals on this planet are interconnected with each other. If we use this energy as electricity for lighting our houses then we have enough for far 10000 years. This is nothing more than the wastage of energy. Day by day we are going to empty our fossil fuels. In this condition we don't have to waste our energy. If don't have any idea about destruction cause by Atom bomb then must search on Google about the atom bomb blast in Japan.

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