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...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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...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

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

...roject]], notably [[Hans Bethe]] and Teller, believed that the design of a fission device was moving well under [[Robert Serber]] and his colleagues, and they turned

...of the "X" division responsible for the explosives|explosive components of fission device|fission weapons.<ref name=>{{citation

...n help with the high explosive implosion systems for nuclear weapons using fission device|fission; the overall design, fabrication and testing of nuclear weapons; an

...characterize the technology and source of the device. For example, a pure fission device will have different fallout products from a tritium boosting|tritium booste