Nuclear Bombs Atomic, Hydrogen, and Neutron - PowerPoint Presentation

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Nuclear

Bombs

Atomic, Hydrogen, and Neutron Slide2

Atomic Bomb

Manhattan Project (1939 to 1945)Robert Oppenheimer

Response to Nazi GermanyAtomic bomb tested on July 16

th

, 1945

Los Alamos “The Gadget” Uranium-235 and process of fission Dropped on Japan “Little Boy”“Fate Man” Slide3

Japan Attacks: Hiroshima

Hiroshima bomb called “Little Boy”

August 6th , 1945

Aircraft called Enola Gay

16 kilotons of TNT

70,000 to 80,000 people died initially Japanese 2nd General Army causalities 12 American deaths Gun-type fission weapon made with Uranium-235 Slide4

Japan Attacks: Nagasaki

Bomb’s named was “Fat Man”(August 10

th, 1945)Exploded between the Mitsubishi Steel and Arms Works and Mitsubishi and the Urakami Ordnance Works Killed between 40,000 and 75,000 people initially

21 kiloton yield and

generated heat equivalent to 3,900 degrees Celsius Slide5

Robert Oppenheimer

“I have become death

...the destroyer of worlds.”Slide6

Impact on Japan

Japan surrendered 6 days after the bombing of Nagasaki September 2

nd, 1945 Officially ending World War IIJapan adopted Three Non-Nuclear Principles

90,000 to 160,000 people in Hiroshima and 60,000 to 80,000 people in Nagasaki died

½ the deaths resulted on the first day

60% from fire flashesSlide7

Hydrogen Bomb

Created by Edward TellerBomb was created in 1952Heat of atomic bomb would ignite the hydrogen A canister would divide the atomic bomb and hydrogen fuel Experimental bomb “Mike”

Bikini atoll November 1st, 1952 Vaporized the island of Elugelab 700 times the power of the atomic bomb dropped at Hiroshima Radioactive mud and acid rain fell

Area of 27 miles high and 8 miles wide Slide8

Neutron Bomb

Created by Edward TellerDesigned by Samuel Cohen Tested on 1963 at the Lawrence Radiation Laboratory Test underground, 70 miles away from Las Vegas Added to the United States arsenal

Fusion process and x-ray mirrors and an inert shelling caseBombs are significantly smaller, but still offer a similar kilotons of energy Slide9

Soviet Union

August 29th

, 1949- “Joe One”; copycat of “Fat Man”Soviet Spies (Harry Gold and Klaus Fuchs)Captured intelligence from Manhattan Project True hydrogen bomb test on November 22

nd

, 1955 with a 1.6 megaton blast

October 23rd , 1961 another bomb with a yield of 58 megatons October 4th, 1957 The Soviet Union launched Sputnik into Earth’s orbitAmerica responded on October 31

st, 1959 with their own missile launch Slide10

Potsdam Conference

July 24th , 1945 An agreement between GB and US waited to inform Stalin about the Manhattan ProjectFeared Stalin would risk information to German Spies

However, Stalin had a ring of spies (Theodore Hall and Klaus Fuchs)Spies provided information for hydrogen bomb and implosion bomb Stalin wasn’t mad as expected, at the conference Slide11

BRAVO Test

March 1st, 1954 (another hydrogen bomb at the Bikini Atoll Explosion “underestimated” 14.8 megatons rather than 5 megatons Largest test done by the United States

Blast reached 300 miles away Affected U.S soldiers and unfortunate residents Japanese fishermen Slide12

Duck and Cover

Produced in 1951 by the United States federal government’s Civil Defense Slide13

Overall Outcome

Nuclear Arms race (1941-1991)United States and Soviet Union realized they had enough nuclear weapons to destroy each otherMutual Assured DestructionThe Soviet Union and the United States realized that they would severally damage each other

This realization prevent the use of nuclear weaponsUnited States resisted use of nuclear weapons during Korean WarPresident Eisenhower opposed use of nukes Non-Proliferation Treaty (today’s goals)Slide14

Name: Jacob Pasley

Date: 4/24/13Period: #6