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Re: Weapon Efficency



In a message dated 24-Feb-2000 10:44:06 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
Sam.Engelhard@rfets.gov writes:

> What is the percentage of material that is actually converted to energy in
> a nuclear explosion?
> i.e.. Pu/U,  H-3 

Einstein solved this problem for you when he wrote E=mc^2. You can work 
backwards from that.
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