A set of exercises regarding nuclear explosions

An elementary-level physics approach is used to calculate a number of interesting and useful quantities related to nuclear explosions. The set of eight exercises deals with nuclear fission fragments, the variation of fissile nucleus density in a fissioning nuclear device core with time, and the fireball.

• Publication year

  2020

• Venue

  The Physical Educator

• Publication date

  2020-12-16

• Fields of study

  Physics, Engineering

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1088/1361-6552/abc9d5
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  Semantic Scholar

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