What is the difference between a hydrogen, atomic, and a nuclear bomb?

Question

I'm very curious, and I was wondering. I'm getting waaay confused!
Okay, so,
What is the difference between a hydrogen, atomic, and a nuclear bomb?

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Answer 1

I was to understand that they are both nuclear. However, an Atomic bomb will decimate a 20 mile radius while a hydrogen bomb will decimate a 40 mile radius.
They call the "nuclear" because they split the nucleus of an atom. In the case of the hydrogen bomb, it is an atom of hydrogen. In the case of the atomic bomb, I think it is plutoniuim. When an atom is split it releases a tremendous amount of energy which is why these things are capable of such devistation
An example of Atomic Fusion would be the Sun. The Sun is also fusing hydrogen.

Answer 2

An atom bomb and a nuclear bomb are the same thing. They are fission bombs that split uranium 235 atoms to release tremendous amounts of power. Some are also fueled with plutonium. The same process happens in nuclear power plants.

A hydrogen bomb is a fussion bomb that fuses two hydrogen atoms into one helium atom. This process releases a substantially larger amount of energy. This is the same process that fuels the sun. Hope that helps.

Answer 3

An atomic bomb is a rather crude single stage device that creates a critical mass explosion by using mechanical energy to slam uranium pieces together. A hydrogen bomb is a multistage device that uses a basic atomic bomb as the trigger for a far more powerful fussion reaction (explosion). It gets kind of complicated but that is the main difference. Nuclear weapon refers to the same thing as hydrogen bomb but is generally applied to more advanced weapons.

Answer 4

There both nuclear. Atomic uses fission (splits the atom) and hydrogen uses fusion (forces 4 atoms of hydrogen to combine to one atom of helium, thus causing a big disturbance).

Answer 5

Atomic and nuclear bombs are general terms. They're the same thing, and they usually refer to fission bombs - bombs that work by splitting the nucleus of atoms.

Hydrogen bombs are fusion bombs - bombs that work by ramming hydrogen atoms together.

Hydrogen bombs are also called thermonuclear. They are much, much stronger than fission (atomic/nuclear) bombs.

Answer 6

Pretty much nothing if you happen to be anywhere around when one goes off.