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2 years ago

Why does a mountain of uranium not explode as a bomb?

Physics

2 answers:

djyliett [7]2 years ago

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Answer:

“A mountain of uranium” is an indefinable amount of uranium. If it means uranium ore as found in nature, then the concentration of uranium is orders of magnitude too low for any type of reaction.

Explanation:

smarty

Umnica [9.8K]2 years ago

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Your mountain is almost entirely U238 which cannot be used in an atomic bomb. The reason is that it will not sustain a chain reaction, which depends on neutrons released in fission events to induce further fission events in an exponentionally increasing amount.

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