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No, the person you're replying to is right, the bulk of the energy is from fission. What the fusion does is serve essentially as a "tamper" - it's in a ring aro
by neutronicus 8y ago
No, the person you're replying to is right, the bulk of the energy is from fission. What the fusion does is serve essentially as a "tamper" - it's in a ring around the fissile core and as it explodes it compresses the fissile core. Since the fission rate increases exponentially this tamping dramatically increases the overall energy yield.
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- robotresearcher 8y agoI think we all agree that fission AND fusion are involved in a thermonuclear weapon.
- grkvlt 8y agoNo, that is NOT what the 'tamper' is or does. See my (or various other) nearby comments where I describe the actual process, or just read the Wiki article linked in another comment...