ESTIMATES OF FISSION PRODUCT YIELDS OF A THERMONUCLEAR EXPLOSION

Abstract

Chain yields and independent yields of the U238 fission products from a thermonuclear explosion were estimated. Since unclassified data for this kind of process are scanty, some features of the mass yield curve were inferred from published data on U238 fission by neutrons ranging from fission-spectrum energies to 14 Mev. Independent yields of the fission products were then calculated by application of the equal charge displacement theory of nuclear charge distribution in fission processes.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 04, 1963
Accession Number
AD0407066

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  • G. R. Crocker

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  • Northwestern University

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  • Biomedical

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  • Biomedical Research
  • Civil Defense
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Fissile Materials
  • Fission Neutrons
  • Fission Products
  • Geological Surveys
  • Government Procurement
  • Health Services
  • Jet Propulsion
  • Mass Number
  • Materials
  • Military Operations
  • Munitions
  • Ordnance Laboratories
  • Public Health

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  • Physics

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