Question

State True or False:

A hydrogen bomb is based on the principle of nuclear fusion.

• A. True
• B. False

Answer 1

The correct option is A

True

The hydrogen bomb is based on the principle of thermonuclear fusion. For fusion to take place, a very high temperature is required, so a hydrogen bomb is detonated just after an atom bomb has been detonated, i.e. the exothermic energy of the atom bomb is used to make the fusion reaction possible.