claim_arguably@lemdro.id to Ask Science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoWhat's a scientific fact that sounds made up but is 100% real?message-squaremessage-square247linkfedilinkarrow-up1210
arrow-up1210message-squareWhat's a scientific fact that sounds made up but is 100% real?claim_arguably@lemdro.id to Ask Science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square247linkfedilink
minus-squareReverendIrreverence@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month ago98.62% of the uranium-235 in the Little Boy bomb was blown apart before fission. That leaves 1.38% that actually fissioned. That was 0.7 grams of U-235, about the size of a bb and the weight of a butterfly that destroyed Hiroshima.
minus-squarequips@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoShows you how much energy is required to be matter
minus-squareFizz@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoThat is wild. I can not imagine how devastating the nukes of today are in comparison.
98.62% of the uranium-235 in the Little Boy bomb was blown apart before fission. That leaves 1.38% that actually fissioned. That was 0.7 grams of U-235, about the size of a bb and the weight of a butterfly that destroyed Hiroshima.
Shows you how much energy is required to be matter
That is wild. I can not imagine how devastating the nukes of today are in comparison.