The "Ivy Mike" test of the first Hydrogen bomb (1952)
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The Hydrogen Bomb
In the Hydrogen bomb the explosion of a nuclear fission charge (atomic bomb) produces the
temperature and density necessary for the fusion of Deuterium and Tritium (isotopes
of Hydrogen), resulting in a sudden release of a large amount of energy that produces
an even bigger explosion.
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