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shadu (889 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-27-04 12:31 PM Original message |
What is the function of heavy water in the production of a nuclear bomb? |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-27-04 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
1. since you asked such a question |
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shadu (889 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-27-04 12:39 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. i suspect the answer can be stated simply, by someone |
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shadu (889 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-27-04 12:49 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. you're a math guy, aren't you? |
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Endangered Specie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-27-04 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
2. Its used in converting Uranium to Plutonium... |
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shadu (889 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-27-04 12:44 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. O boy, that's not so easy :) |
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Endangered Specie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-27-04 12:58 PM Response to Reply #4 |
12. ok... |
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shadu (889 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-27-04 01:08 PM Response to Reply #12 |
19. Thank You, Mr. Spock. I did not know any of that. |
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Endangered Specie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-27-04 12:45 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Oh, and it also works as a reaction moderator in fission power reactors. |
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qazplm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-27-04 12:51 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. when we get to fusion |
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shadu (889 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-27-04 12:54 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. So, does the denseness of heavy water make the conversion from |
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Donkeyboy75 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-27-04 12:52 PM Response to Original message |
8. You actually don't need heavy water to make a bomb, |
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shadu (889 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-27-04 12:58 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Fascinating, Mr. Spock |
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Donkeyboy75 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-27-04 01:03 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. It is distilled from normal water. |
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Endangered Specie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-27-04 01:38 PM Response to Reply #14 |
30. here are some other ways |
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Endangered Specie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-27-04 01:08 PM Response to Reply #11 |
21. Heavy water is 'made' in heavy water plants... |
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Endangered Specie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-27-04 01:01 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. Actually, that is 2 beta decays... |
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Donkeyboy75 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-27-04 01:04 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. I left that out for simplicity, which is why I didn't say "a" beta decay, |
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elvisbear (545 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-27-04 12:58 PM Response to Original message |
10. Here's a brief definition and a few interesting facts. |
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gpandas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-27-04 01:04 PM Response to Original message |
15. wish there were more threads like this on du. n/t |
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Endangered Specie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-27-04 01:14 PM Response to Reply #15 |
24. start them and I will answer them |
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papau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-27-04 01:05 PM Response to Original message |
17. bomb-usable plutonium without requiring enrichment facilities is produced |
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DrWeird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-27-04 01:05 PM Response to Original message |
18. Alright, I'm an organic chemist, not a nuclear chemist, but... |
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Donkeyboy75 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-27-04 01:08 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. I'm also an organic chemist, but I have had |
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papau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-27-04 01:12 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. That was my understanding of the math - criticality is not possible |
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Endangered Specie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-27-04 01:12 PM Response to Original message |
23. It can also be used to make tritium, in a D20 moderated reactor... |
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shadu (889 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-27-04 01:18 PM Response to Original message |
25. I'm catching on. So when 'critical mass' is reached, what has happened? |
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Endangered Specie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-27-04 01:33 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. ... |
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shadu (889 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-27-04 01:39 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. Now I know something about heavy water/critical mass.Thank You All |
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Endangered Specie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-27-04 01:43 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. no problem... |
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ChavezSpeakstheTruth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-27-04 01:20 PM Response to Original message |
26. isn't this a better question for General Discussion? |
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shadu (889 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-27-04 01:24 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. I'll bet you are correct |
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ChavezSpeakstheTruth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-27-04 02:53 PM Response to Reply #27 |
34. I thought George Russell originated the concept? |
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shadu (889 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-27-04 01:28 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. When I come to DU I review the Forum listings |
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Endangered Specie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-27-04 01:41 PM Response to Reply #26 |
32. actually, it belongs in the Envir/Energy/Science forum. |
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