how the nucleus of an atom is actually split to create an atomic bomb?
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A bunch of conventional explosives are set off which push unstable isotopes together very tightly.
Some of those are always breaking down and shooting off a bunch of neutrons. So when you compress them down very tightly, it becomes certain that some of those neutrons will hit other nuclei, which will cause them to break apart. And also produce tons of flying neutrons. These then hit other nuclei and a chain reaction very quickly goes off
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