Teller and Ulam Develop the First H-Bomb
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History II: Science and Technology Series
- Categories: Science, Military History, Technology, Inventions
- Subcategories: Scientists, Physics, Physicists, Nuclear Weapons, Power, Radiation, Bombs, Bombings, Explosions
- Curriculum: American History 1951-present
- Geographical Location: Oceania, New Mexico, Marshall Islands, Micronesia
- Date: 1951-1952
Article abstract: Inspired by the work of Ulam and others, Teller proposed a workable concept for a thermonuclear device.
Summary of Event
A few months before the 1942 creation of the Manhattan Project, the United States-led effort to build an atomic (fission) bomb, Enrico Fermi suggested to Edward Teller that such a bomb could release more of the energy that binds atomic nuclei together by heating a mass of the hydrogen isotope deuterium and igniting the fusion of hydrogen into helium. These were also the thermonuclear reactions in stars, making them...
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