claim_arguably@lemdro.id to Ask Science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days agoWhat's a scientific fact that sounds made up but is 100% real?message-squaremessage-square258linkfedilinkarrow-up1210arrow-down15
arrow-up1205arrow-down1message-squareWhat's a scientific fact that sounds made up but is 100% real?claim_arguably@lemdro.id to Ask Science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days agomessage-square258linkfedilink
minus-squareReverendIrreverence@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·6 days 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-up2·6 days agoShows you how much energy is required to be matter
minus-squareFizz@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 days 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.