Dragaera

FW: nuclear terminology

Howard Brazee howard at brazee.net
Tue Feb 15 04:56:23 PST 2005


-----Original Message-----
From: Peter H. Granzeau [mailto:pgranzeau at cox.net]
Sent: Monday, February 14, 2005 7:06 PM
To: Howard Brazee; Dragaera (E-mail)
Subject: RE: nuclear terminology


Sure you didn't reverse the meanings of "fission" and "fusion"?

The original "Atomic" bombs were fission bombs.  The "Hydrogen" bomb is a
fusion bomb.

Yep.  My bad.  To fuse, is to combine two items.  Fissures separate one
item.

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Regards, Pete
pgranzeau at cox.net