Question

Hydrogen bomb is based on the principle of
(a) nuclear fission
(b) natural radioactivity
(c) nuclear fusion
(d) artificial radioactivity

Answer 1

(c) : Hydrogen bomb is based on the principal of nuclear fusion. In hydrogen bomb, a mixture of deuterium oxide and tritium oxide is enclosed in a space surrounding an ordinary atomic bomb. The temperature produced by the explosion of the atomic bomb initiates the fusion reaction between