After the discovery of the neutron by James Chadwick, scientists vigorously experimented to find chemical reactions that could be made with this “new” particle. The outcome of these experiments was the chemical reaction fission and the chemical reaction fusion (The Nuclear Weapon Archive: A Guide to Nuclear Weapons). Fission is the division of an atomic nucleus releasing a mass amount of energy, whereas fusion is the combination of atomic nuclei while simultaneously releasing a mass amount of energy (dictionary.com). Scientists continued experimenting with these reactions until they knew enough about the actual processes and variables required to control the outcome as they pleased.

Using the concept for fission and the information collected by other scient

All of these problems were created for the sole purpose of personal gain of a select few countries, and the immediate payoff they received seems to be the only advantage these bombs had. Considering the effects of the atomic bombs used in World War II, the further use of nuclear weapons is not in favor of life on Earth. The devastating effects seen from the atomic bomb [created by fission], are only a fraction of the intensity of the effects that could be seen by using the nuclear weapons obtained by various nations today [created by fusion].

ists, Leo Szilard conceived the idea of the atomic bomb. Although it was Szilard who created and patented the idea of the atomic bomb, there were suspicions of both Germany and Japan creating a similar bomb; this lead to the Manhattan Project (The Nuclear Weapon Archive: A Guide to Nuclear Weapons). This was the United Sates’ effort to build an atomic weapon before any other country. It was under the leadership of Enrico Fermi that one of the teams of scientists found the key to creating a nuclear chain reaction [plutonium]. On July 16th, 1945, at the Alamogordo [a remote desert in New Mexico], Manhattan Project scientists set off the first atomic bomb, not only leaving fear in the opposing countries who had tried to make the first atomic bomb, but in some of

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