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Sakha
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Atomic bombs are really powerful and destructive devices. I understand that during a fission reaction, the parent isotope splits in 2 lower mass isotopes with high kinetic energies due to the binding energy that were released. But I don't understand how this becomes into the destructive effects of the bombs (the mushroom cloud and the enormous pressures).
Is it that the child isotopes with high kinetic energies (high temperatures) 'warm' up the air around really fast to cause the explosion?
Is it that the child isotopes with high kinetic energies (high temperatures) 'warm' up the air around really fast to cause the explosion?