Hidden chemistry of nuclear fallout glimpsed in recent experiments
The bomb drops. A nuclear blast erupts. Uranium is vaporized, where it mixes with the atmosphere and is dispersed across the land as toxic dust called fallout. Continue Reading Category: Physics…
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