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=__The Hydrogen Bomb__=

By:Gianna
The hydrogen bomb is a bomb that uses fusion of atoms to cause an explosion of tremendous force. The hydrogen bomb is a very powerful bomb. It has the most simple atom and is the most abundant chemical element. The bomb works by deriving a large portion of energy from the nuclear fusion of hydrogen isotopes.

The hydrogen bomb is many times more powerful than the atomic bomb. The hydrogen bomb is ten times more powerful than the atomic bomb. A single gram of hydrogen bomb material set off by nuclear fusion would create an explosion equivalent to 150 tons of TNT. The hydrogen bomb is so powerful, more than you would ever imagine. The bomb gave the U.S superiority in the arms race.

The U.S and Soviet Union were the first to test the bomb. It was first tested in he U.S tested in an island in the Pacific and the entire island vanished. That was on November 1, 1952. The Soviet Union first tested it on August 12, 1953, over a year after the U.S. The U.S nicknamed their first test for the hydrogen bomb, Mike. The hydrogen bomb was tested many more times other than the two but those two were some every big explosions.

There are many interesting things about the hydrogen bomb. Edward Teller (1908-2003) was known as the father of the hydrogen bomb for he was the one who created it. Teller and his team created the hydrogen bomb in 1952 at Los Alamos, New Mexico. "We made the bomb, not without difficulty, but on time, " Teller says after finishing the bomb.

These are things you wouldn't know about the hydrogen bomb. When the U.S first tested the hydrogen bomb they nicknamed it, Mike. Mike was 5,600 times more powerful than the atomic bomb that destroyed Hiroshima. Now isn't that hard to picture? Tritium, a hydrogen isotope is used in the release of nuclear energy through fusion. The hydrogen bomb is also known as thermonuclear bomb, and some people call it the H-Bomb for short. If you thought the atomic bomb in World War two is big, you wouldn't believe the hydrogen bomb and just how much force and how powerful it really is.

The hydrogen bomb was used throughout history. The hydrogen bomb was used in the Cold War. It gave the U.S great advantage in the arms race during the Cold War. Although no bombing with nuclear weapons went on, the hydrogen bomb was tested and used for the arms race in the Cold War. The hydrogen bomb was basically used as a threat in the arms race.



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