RE: Weapon Efficency

["Engelhard, Sam" <Sam.Engelhard@rfets.gov>]

Thanks Bob, 
I am aware of this equation. That is why I used the examples of Pu/U , H-3.
Maybe I was not clear..... What percent of Pu/U is converted and what
percent of H-3 is converted in a typical thermonuclear detonation. 

Sam Engelhard
WIPP Rad Ops Shipping Supervisor
Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site
Sam.engelhard@rfets.gov <mailto:Sam.engelhard@rfets.gov> 
303-966-6897

	-----Original Message-----
	From:	BobCherry@aol.com [SMTP:BobCherry@aol.com]
	Sent:	Thursday, February 24, 2000 9:42 AM
	To:	Multiple recipients of list
	Subject:	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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