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uberbob102000 t1_izum84c wrote

Reply to comment by FolkSong in What is the difference between atomic, nuclear and hydrogen bombs? by something-stupid2134

Anyone with half a brain can figure out that Tsar Bomba probably does NOT have 10,000kg of Hydrogen. It doesn't exactly store well..

Someone just pulled a number out of their ass by misinterpreting another statistic, because that doesn't NOT mean you get 5 megatons per 1 metric ton of hydrogen. It means material as a whole...

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FolkSong t1_izvpdfe wrote

It wouldn't be hydrogen gas, it would be a solid compound, probably Lithium-6 Deuteride. I think the questioner really wanted to know the total amount of fusion fuel so the estimate seems plausible for that (the whole bomb weighed 27,000 kg).

If they truly only cared about hydrogen atoms it would be less, but it's hard to imagine why someone would care about that specifically.

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