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Old 11-6-2005, 08:51 PM   #21
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What splits the atom? I mean, How does the atom split causing the nuclear reaction?
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Old 11-8-2005, 02:45 AM   #22
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What splits the atom? I mean, How does the atom split causing the nuclear reaction?
Well, from what I heard, atoms are pretty chill. But when you heat them up they really start flippin' the sh*t. And sometimes the crash into eachother, which starts a chain reaction. Next think you know a bunch of Japanese people are dead.
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Old 11-8-2005, 03:10 PM   #23
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What splits the atom? I mean, How does the atom split causing the nuclear reaction?
a neutron is fired into the core of an unstable uranium or plutonium molecule, that causes the nucleus of the atom to tear apart. the breaking of the bonds in the nucleus (very strong) releases a lot of energy.

it can also be done by compressing high explosives around the nuclear component, which brings the uranium/plutonium to a critical density.
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Old 11-8-2005, 08:07 PM   #24
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Isn't it called something like:

Nuclear fission?

I remember i learned something about it with marbels...

Eh. I only remember how you split a Uranium atom =/
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Old 11-8-2005, 08:35 PM   #25
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Well i am completely convinced that the human race will cuase their own extinction, and it will most likely wont be far away. I have always felt we will wind up blowing ourselves up.
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Old 11-8-2005, 08:48 PM   #26
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I really don't think we're going to wipe ourselves out. But that's just me. I think everyone has a bad habit of underestimating man kind. It's not like we blow something up and then not feel bad about it. The first nuke that was dropped, man, the kind of regret that goes with that has to be monumental for everyone involved. So acting like people are just ruthless killing machines couldn't be further from the truth. It would take a true sociopath to even begin to get the human race on the road to self destruction; then he would have to get a hell of a lot of people to follow him.

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Old 11-9-2005, 01:38 AM   #27
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Personally, I think mankind is too stupid to blow itself up.

If we were smart, we'd have done it already.
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Old 11-9-2005, 02:04 AM   #28
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Underestimate, severley underestimate... Potato, potato. We get the same result either way.

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EDIT: I just noticed the potato potato thing doesn't work unless spoken. The second one is "Po-tah-toe" while the first one is "Po-tay-toe".

So... Potaytoe Potahtoe.
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Old 11-9-2005, 11:40 PM   #29
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Isn't it called something like:

Nuclear fission?

I remember i learned something about it with marbels...

Eh. I only remember how you split a Uranium atom =/
marbles, and fission is the first one i talked about, where you fire a neutron...

the other method uses pressure... i think fatman, the bomb used on nagasaki was one of the implosion types.
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Old 11-9-2005, 11:41 PM   #30
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as far as countries using nuclear weapons on each other, if it's going to happen anywhere, it will be between india and pakistan, and that doesnt seem very likely at the moment.
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Old 11-9-2005, 11:43 PM   #31
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How do we know you're telling the truth?

Or is this a topic to discuss nuclear weapons, and/or government/military secrecy?
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How do we know you're telling the truth?
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Old 11-10-2005, 12:05 AM   #33
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Well I was just thinking
"why is he telling us this"
If it's a secret thing.


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I thought that because I wasn't sure if he was kidding, and just wanted to discuss things about that because people were not really directly responding to what he said.
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Old 11-10-2005, 12:09 PM   #34
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Well I was just thinking
"why is he telling us this"
If it's a secret thing.


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Or is this a topic to discuss nuclear weapons, and/or government/military secrecy?
I thought that because I wasn't sure if he was kidding, and just wanted to discuss things about that because people were not really directly responding to what he said.
the cat who started this thread was just bragging about shit... shit that he doesnt understand.

"i know all this stuff about nuclear weapons man, i've got the inside scoop"

"oh wow, are you a physicist? are you a military analyst?"

"uh... i'm a security guard at the facility.... but sometimes they let me in the top secret rooms... to clean...."
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Old 11-10-2005, 05:59 PM   #35
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the cat who started this thread was just bragging about (#$%... (#$% that he doesnt understand.

"i know all this stuff about nuclear weapons man, i've got the inside scoop"

"oh wow, are you a physicist? are you a military analyst?"

"uh... i'm a security guard at the facility.... but sometimes they let me in the top secret rooms... to clean...."
If you're going to just be beating up on Spec then you can leave. There is no place in CT for someone who attacks the arguer rather than the arguement.

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Old 11-10-2005, 06:28 PM   #36
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But you have to admit, it was damn funny!
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Old 11-11-2005, 03:50 PM   #37
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If you're going to just be beating up on Spec then you can leave. There is no place in CT for someone who attacks the arguer rather than the arguement.

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Old 11-14-2005, 12:12 PM   #38
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more fun then working with the nukes directly is working on the missile defense shield. Much easier to be the technogeek then the other end. Maybe i'll apply to raytheon or lincoln labs... haven't decided yet
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