Atomic weapons

President Franklin Roosevelt to warn him of the possibility of Nazi Germany developing atomic weapons. 

Bultitude, F. W. and Morris, J. R., Laboratory Study of the Corrosion of Implants, Atomic Weapons Research Establishment, Aldermaston, England, Report GRO 44/83/29 (1969)... 

Bums PA, Cooper MB, Lokan KH, et al. 1995. Characteristics of plutonium and americium contamination at the former U.K. atomic weapons test ranges at Maralinga and Emu. Appl Radiat Isot 46(11) 1099-1107. 

Mogon Patel, Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE), Aldermaston, Reading, RG7 4PR, UK... 

Our studies at Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) have confirmed that at elevated temperatures, especially when using dry inert gas conditions, there is considerable difficulty in pushing the reaction (see scheme 5) to completion.18 Moisture was found to affect the rate of the reaction and the nature of the synthesized polymer. The introduction of additional catalyst to the reaction mixture was found to aid the forward reaction. Overall, our observations suggest the existence of a complex series of reactions, possibly having distinctly different activation energies. 

The energy is locked up within a body or species in three principal ways (or modes ). First, energy is locked within the atomic nuclei. The only way to release it is to split the nucleus, as happens in atomic weapons and nuclear power stations to yield nuclear energy. The changes in energy caused by splitting nuclei are massive. We will briefly mention nuclear energy in Chapter 8, but the topic will not be discussed otherwise. It is too rare for most physical chemists to consider further. 

TM 5-856, Design of Structures to Resist the Effects of Atomic Weapons, Technical Manuals 5-856-1 through 9 (9 volumes), Department of the Army, Washington, DC, January, 1960... 

On November 16, 1942, Los Alamos, New Mexico, was selected as the central site (Site Y) for a laboratory to research the physics and design of atomic weapons. Site X was at Oak Ridge, Tennessee and consisted of an experimental reactor, chemical separation plant, and electromagnetic separation facility. An area near... 

AWRE Atomic Weapons Research Establishment, Aldermaston, Berkshire, England... 

Atomic Ammunition and Artillery. See Vol 1 of Encycl, pp A504-A505 under Atomic Weapons and Ammunition... 

Warhead. That portion of a rocket, guided missile or torpedo designated to contain the load which the vehicle is to deliver. The load may consist of HE s, atomic bomb, chemicals, instruments or inert materials, as well as booster, fuze(s), adaption kits, and/or burster. Excludes items which contain atomic weapon components (Ref 40a, p 143)... 

Fig. 3. Graphical illustration of a mixing relationship between two end-member components in a three-isotope normalization diagram (241Am/239+240Pu vs. 23SPu/239+240Pu). It is indicated that the measured anthropogenic actinide isotope ratios are, within uncertainty, identical to the atomic weapon component, therefore clearly indicating that actinide fallout from the Chernobyl accident was insignificant in western Europe.

Mass Spectrometry Data Centre (1974) Eight Peak Index of Mass Spectra, 2nd ed., Reading, UK, Atomic Weapons Research Establishment... 

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