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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermonuclear_weapon https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermonuclear_weapon The "hydrogen" in "hydrogen bomb" relates to fusion.
by smueller1234 4y ago
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermonuclear_weapon https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermonuclear_weapon
The "hydrogen" in "hydrogen bomb" relates to fusion. In a nutshell, these types of devices use a fission bomb to create the environment (pressure/temperature) that causes lighter atoms to undergo fusion, which significantly boosts the explosive yield compared to a pure fission bomb.