Chapter 6

The Disappearing Spoon Chapter 6

Summary

     In this chapter, it talked about the final improvements in the periodic table we see today. The one who is to thank is Henry Moseley, he used an electric beam gun that helped find the electric charge in each atom and made isotopes understandable due to their extra mass provided by neutrons." Many chemists tried to make his "improvements" to the periodic table seem wrong but would later regret it by being embarrassed by Moseley. Sadly, Moseley was killed in action in a war. His death meant that wars are nothing but crimes that killed innocent, young, talented people that could've kept making changes around the world. 

     The chapter also discussed the making of the atomic bombs that impacted the world. Uranium and Plutonium were just two factors in the making of the atomic bomb. But due to the trigger of the first atomic bombs made the whole world realize the dangers in messing with nuclear power and elements that should never be used in war. Although it did not change some people's mind, it just made way to deadlier models of the atomic bombs. Although after a while a new spawn was born of the atomic bomb that was later agreed to never be used due to its doomsday power it possesses within its shell, the bomb was called a Cobalt bomb. 

Reflection

     The chapter peeked my interest because it allowed me to see how the atomic bomb was built and how you should you should never give up but start again. It's ironic how the first atomic bomb was solved by statistics rather than more Advanced problem solving but seeing how there was a war going on and the US needed a new weapon fast, it is reasonable that they need to see every possibility. Which made way for many other bomb models that are secured within our countries around the world rather than destroyed for good. Also, it made realize about how many people died in wars that could havce made a difference in the world of scienec or the world. One in which was Henry Moseley that helped improve our periodic table.

Guideline Questions

1.Plutonium is a highly reactive element that can be used in the making of bombs and other highly powered devices. 

2.Henry Moseley was a chemist that helped with the improvement of the periodic table and organized the element in their rightful order with the help of his electric atom splitter. 

3.Oak Ridge was the home of the uranium enrichment plants, the liquid thermal diffusion plant, and the pilot plutonium production reactor.

4.Both Uranium and Plutonium are similar by their high atomic number and are used for weapon making. They are different by Uranium being a natural source is enriched by the isotopes separation, and Plutonium is produced in a suitable nuclear reactor. 

5.The Cobalt Bomb is more deadly because unlike the Uranium bomb in which causes a massive explosion, Cobalt is more highly radioactive and releases great quantities of gamma radiation that is intended. Furthermore, the Uranium bomb would take 5 years for the radiation to go away, but the Cobalt bomb would take many years. Unlike the other atomic bomb that people can wait out, the Cobalt bomb can't be waited out or endured because it will take an entire human lifetime for it to be safe to go out. Plus, the Cobalt bomb can react with the moisture in the air which allows it to spread out tremendously and possibly cover up the whole world.