Atom Bomb coincidences

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  1. Robin Hood

    Robin Hood Science filmmaker Registered Senior Member

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    Purely coincidentally, the latest film I've posted for my "Sixty Symbols" series of films about physics deals with the first nuclear test...

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gaCAFcW6OY

    Was intrigued to compare the two.. particularly that the North Korea test is believed to be 20KT, same as Trinity!!!?

    Or is that not a coincidence?
     
    Robin Hood, May 26, 2009
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  3. Nasor

    Nasor Valued Senior Member

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    Maybe 20kt is the yield of a simple gun-type uranium bomb.
     
    Nasor, May 26, 2009
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  5. tamkinrules

    tamkinrules how troublesome... Registered Senior Member

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    -_- that video was basically talking about really complicated algebra.....
     
    tamkinrules, May 26, 2009
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  7. James R

    James R Just this guy, you know? Staff Member

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    20 kilotons is close to the smallest workable nuclear bomb you can make, so in that sense it's not really a coincidence.
     
    James R, May 27, 2009
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  8. mathman

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    Trinity was a test of an implosion driven Pu bomb, like the one on Nagasaki. The Hiroshima bomb was the simple gun driven U235 bomb. I suspect that these yields (10-20 kt) are typical of basic nuclear bombs.
     
    mathman, May 27, 2009
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