Nuclear weapons: Explosion over Bikini Atoll Photograph: U.S. Department of Energy-Nevada/Corbis

Nuclear weapons: Explosion over Bikini Atoll Photograph: U.S. Department of Energy-Nevada/Corbis
Nuclear Bomb Effects Computer

 

 

 
Trinitite from the First Atomic Bomb Site

 

 

 

 

Code Number: 7D20.90

Demo Title: Nuclear Explosions

Condition: Excellent

Principle: Nuclear Fission, Nuclear Fusion, Chain Reaction

Area of Study: Modern Physics

Equipment: 

"Race for the Superbomb", PBS Home Video, 1999, "Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie", Goldhil Video, 1997, Nuclear Bomb Effects Computer.

Many movies are now available from YouTube.

Procedure:

The movies give a chronological time line of early nuclear bomb testing.

The "Nuclear Bomb Effects Computer" is a two-sided, circular slide rule that will enable you to calculate multiple measurements of a nuclear bomb explosion. 

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