Joern Nettingsmeier wrote: > hi guys. > > Pieter Palmers wrote: >> I'm sorry, but the following statement: >> >> "Here’s a few vids of the mighty power of hydrogen explosions. Not an >> endorsement of nuclear power but just a reference for anyone who is >> doubting the energy contained in Hydrogen." >> >> is ridiculous. It's not because that type of atomic bomb is called a >> "hydrogen bomb" that it has anything to do with hydrogen as a power >> source. The former is about splitting the hydrogen atom itself, the >> latter is about splitting the bonds a hydrogen atom has with other >> atoms. > > for the record, there is not much to split in a hydrogen atom (generally > it's just one proton, very rarely accompanied by one or two neutrons). > the principle behind the h bomb is fusion of hydrogen into heavier > elements, where the "activation energy" (i hope the term is applicable > here) comes from a previous nuclear fission explosion. /me crawls in a corner and hides full of shame. Of course the H-bomb is fusion. small atoms -> fusion. large atoms (plutonium) -> fission. Sometimes it's better to shut up.
In any case, my error doesn't invalidate my point. I hope they are not experimenting with fusion nor fission in their backyard. Greets, Pieter _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-dev
