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During an high-speed event driven by explosives, such as the implosion of a [[fission device]], the high pressures and temperatures cause metals and other materials to

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Its major use is in [[neutron generator]]s and [[tritium boosting]] for [[fission device]]s, and, mixed with [[deuterium]], as fuel for [[fusion device]]s. Replace

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...hermonuclear weapon]]s, the first technique considered was surrounding a [[fission device]] at the center with a supply of light isotopes for fusion. It was believed

...ice|fusion weapons, and also of a backup using an exceptionally high-yield fission device (Ivy King).<ref>{{citation

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...st demanding applications for detonators are in the implosion systems of [[fission device]]s, where they must be extremely fast, high in explosive energy, and able t

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...at Man (nuclear weapon)|Fat Man bomb that had been used on Nagasaki. An fission device|implosion device, its yield of which could be varied from 1, 3.5, 8, 14, 21

...up in 1942, the project came to a head with the detonation of the first [[fission device]], the [[Trinity test]], in 1945 at [[White Sands]], [[New Mexico (U.S. sta

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...factured shapes. No shape is more complex than the implosion system of a [[fission device]], in which explosives of different detonation velocities, shaped into comp

...that the fuze, or fuzing system, triggers one or more detonators. For a [[fission device]], forming the required symmetrical compression wave requires tens or even

...boosting''') is a technique for increasing aspects of the efficiency of [[fission device]]s. It is ''not'' a full fusion reaction, although a tritium-boosted fissio

A '''fission device''' is any assembly of components that can produce an explosion from nuclear To improve the performance of a fission device, the most important consideration is maximizing the amount of explosive for

All operational designs use a fission device as the source of neutrons, heat, and compressive energy, although #laser fu ...mmer 1942) and later in the Soviet program, long before anyone had built a fission device, attention was paid to a device that could use the much more energetic fusi

...with accompanying emission of neutrons. When Pu-240 is compressed in a [[fission device]], it emits sufficient neutrons to cause a premature chain reaction (nuclea

Some specialized components of nuclear weapons, such as the [[fission device#Initiator|initiator]] are radioactive, but not usually considered fuel. Nev