Figure 1-6: R I V U X G
A Thermonuclear Explosion A hydrogen bomb uses the same physical principle as the thermonuclear reactions at the Sun’s center: the conversion of matter into energy by nuclear reactions. This thermonuclear detonation on October 31, 1952, had an energy output equivalent to 10.4 million tons of TNT (almost 1000 times greater than the nuclear bomb detonated over Hiroshima in World War II). This is a mere ten-billionth of the amount of energy released by the Sun in one second.
A Thermonuclear Explosion A hydrogen bomb uses the same physical principle as the thermonuclear reactions at the Sun’s center: the conversion of matter into energy by nuclear reactions. This thermonuclear detonation on October 31, 1952, had an energy output equivalent to 10.4 million tons of TNT (almost 1000 times greater than the nuclear bomb detonated over Hiroshima in World War II). This is a mere ten-billionth of the amount of energy released by the Sun in one second.
(Defense Nuclear Agency)