Nuclear bomb?

Question

So its a bomb and after it goes off the nuclear gas spreads and can kill you right?

ok so it is radiation
if the bomb hit 50 miles away would i be safe? How far would it have to hit for me to be safe?
How far can the radiation travel with no wind?

Answer 1

No.
It is a bomb yes, but unlike conventional explosives that cause a material to rapidly turn into a gas (exploding) Nuclear are pure energy release weapons.

To make a big thing short, Nuclear uses General Relativity E=MC2. By splitting an atome, the two halves do not equal the whole it was. What is missing is converted to pure Energy (Heat). By fussing two Atoms, the new He atom weighs less that the Duetrium and Tritium sum, what is missing is released as pure energy.
With this massive release of energy, you get the pressure waves that cause most physical destruction. Also released are X-Rays, Gamma Rays, Neutron Radiation, and with Fussion Alpha and Beta Radiation. The X-Rays cause the bright flash upon detonation, and heats the air around it to hundreds of thousands of degrees. The Radiation released will kill any living thing w/in a certain radius. The heat released will catch anything on fire w/in a certain radius.

These three types of energy released, Pressure Wave, Heat, and Radiation is what causes nearly all the destruction from a nuclear device.

Answer 2

Nuclear gas? I think you're a bit confused, you seem to be thinking about chemical weapons. If you got a bomb and filled it with chlorine (or another deadly gas) and set it off that's a chemical weapon, the gas spreads and kills you because it's poisonous. Nuclear weapons are another thing entirely.

Basically at the heart of an atom is a lot of energy. We're talking absolutely, unimaginably vast amounts here. Even the biggest nuclear explosions only use a tiny percentage of the potential energy inside the atom. Nuclear bombs work by either splitting atoms, or joining atoms together; this is called fission and fusion respectively. Either one releases vast amounts of energy (as heat and light) and radiation.

If a nuclear bomb was dropped on you city you would most likely be killed in one of four ways

From the explosion itself - this is no more complicated than being hit by a really really big conventional bomb.

From shrapnel - broken glass and wood thrown about by the explosion is highly deadly stuff

From burns - from the blast, or from radioactive particles. When a nuclear bomb goes off it makes many things radioactive, like the ground for instance. If a clod of radioactive earth landed on you it would burn you because of the radiation being given off (heat is a type of radiation).

From radiation sickness - this is perhaps what you were thinking of when you said "nuclear gas". What you get depends on how high your dosage was. A low dosage may just slightly increase your chance of getting cancer. As the dosages go up you go through various phases from having your fertility drop temporarily through to headaches, nausea, internal injuries and death. The thing about radiation sickness is you can get it from either a short exposure to a high dose, or a long exposure to a small dose - such as living in an irradiated area. This is why you can't go on nuclear test grounds - the ground is too radiactive for it to be safe - and will probably remain that way for thousands of years.

Answer 3

It's not nuclear gas as it is the initial heat wave from the blast and then the wave of air.

Remember that that's just after an explosion.

The real danger is the radiation that spreads amongst everything near the detonation of the bomb. Normal objects that would not usually be radioactive become irradiated. Even the dust in the air becomes radioactive. Exposure to this can cause burns, mutations, and eventually leads to death.

Answer 4

If you are far enough from the original explosion to have survived the blast wave, the initial pulse of radiation, and then the firestorm ignited from the detonation, then you will likely survive. Obviously you must have access to clean water, food, shelter, and other basic necessities. The trick is to avoid the "fall out". "Fall out" is dust and smoke particles that have become radioactive and can make you very sick if you eat, breath, or drink these particles. So, stay indoors for two or three days after the blast, don't eat anything that was growing outside until a good rain washes everything off, drink only bottled water during that time. Yes, things will still be slightly radioactive, but not enough to kill you.

Answer 5

not even close

Nuclear bombs involve the forces, strong and weak, that hold the nucleus of an atom together, especially atoms with unstable nuclei. There are two basic ways that nuclear energy can be released from an atom:

Nuclear fission - You can split the nucleus of an atom into two smaller fragments with a neutron. This method usually involves isotopes of uranium (u235, u233) or p239.
Nuclear fusion -You can bring two smaller atoms, usually hydrogen or hydrogen isotopes (deuterium, tritium), together to form a larger one (helium or helium isotopes); this is how the sun produces energy.

In a fission bomb, the fuel must be kept in separate sub critical masses, which will not support fission, to prevent premature detonation. Critical mass is the minimum mass of fissionable material required to sustain a nuclear fission reaction.

Answer 6

even however nuclear bombs are incredibly powerful , a single bomb say dropped on birmingham could in simple terms harm the centre of birmingham with the preliminary blast, and then the increasing marvel wave and comprehensive out could reason extra harm out into the suburbs, with a proscribing blast part of various sq. miles. although if a hydrogen bomb have been for use the the blast section could be various situations larger nevertheless . I look to remember examining a militia assessment of in simple terms what number nuclear bombs it may take to fully harm the comprehensive uk,, it grew to become out the the russians theory that a mix of fifty hydrogen bombs and hardship-free nuclear bombs could be extra beneficial than sufficient to coach the comprehensive uk in to a burning cinder.

Answer 7

No...it's a bomb that causes nuclear mass to go into an uncontrolled chain reaction...The fissionable material is in the center of a special shaped charge, which when triggered causes the fissionable material (plutonium for instance) to begin a "nuclear" reaction which causes catastrophic release of heat, pressure, light, and fallout, etc...

So...basicly...it's got nothing to do with "nuclear gas"...the bomb goes bang, then in approximately 1/1000th of a second...so does everything around it...

Answer 8

There is no gas involved, the Bomb kills thru heat, blast effect and radiation.

Answer 9

A lot of things have to be factored in....how close to the bomb are you??? are you down wind....and how big or how many were dropped?

You don't have too much to worry about....you'll more than likely be killed in an automobile accident

Answer 10

there is no gas. it can spread radiation if there is wind.