Document Details
Title:
Memorandum
Author(s):
Compton, A H [Metallurgilcal Laboratory]
Document Location:
LBNL Archives and Records Office, 1 Cyclotron Road, Mailstop 69-104, Berkeley, CA, 94720, (510)486-5525, (510)486-7200, jwstoner@lbl.gov
Document Categories:
Nuclear Weapons and Related Technology\Fission Weapons
Document Type:
CORRESPONDENCE, LETTERS, MEMOS
Publication Date:
1942 Dec 09
Declassification Status:
Sanitized
Document Pages:
2
Accession Number:
OOB020940
Document Number(s):
1-13-85
Originating Research Org.:
Metallurgical Laboratory
OpenNet Entry Date:
2002 Jun 14
OpenNet Modified Date:
2003 Sep 18
Description/Abstract:
Estimates of the effectiveness of fission bombs based on calculations of the energy yield and calculations of the shock wave produced by the energy released. Allowable impurities for "49".