| 11. | The force that compresses and accelerates the fusion fuel inward is provided solely by the ablation pressure.
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| 12. | Thermonuclear bombs work by using the energy of a fission bomb to compress and heat fusion fuel.
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| 13. | "Operation Castle " was intended to test lithium deuteride ( LiD ) as a thermonuclear fusion fuel.
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| 14. | This device, which used liquid deuterium as its fusion fuel, was immense and utterly unusable as a weapon.
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| 15. | A variety of mechanisms transfers the energy of the fission " trigger "'s explosion into the fusion fuel.
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| 16. | The secondary is usually shown as a column of fusion fuel and other components wrapped in many layers.
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| 17. | However, ordinary hydrogen is not viewed as a fusion fuel that could be used in the foreseeable future.
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| 18. | A few weeks later, Teller suggested placing a fissile rod or cylinder at the center of the fusion fuel.
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| 19. | When the weapon is detonated, the uranium tamper absorbs neutrons emitted from the primary and the fusion fuel and fissions.
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| 20. | During and after the implosive compression by the high explosive lenses, the fusion fuel comes into contact with the antihydrogen.
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