A thermonuclear fireball cooling into debris, where a single fermium nucleus forms and sheds an alpha particle

A thermonuclear fireball cooling into debris, where a single fermium nucleus forms and sheds an alpha particle

A short silent video about Fermium (Fm), element 100, actinide. Fermium was discovered alongside einsteinium in hydrogen bomb fallout and named after Enrico Fermi.

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  • A thermonuclear fireball cooling into debris, where a single fermium nucleus forms and sheds an alpha particle (this video)

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