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   From: starmaker@ix.netcom.com   
      
   U235???? There is sooo much talk about U235 that they eventually named   
   it after Albert Einstein!   
      
      
   Now, every kid in skool has to 'memorize' U235 with Einstein's name on   
   it.   
      
   'every kid'.   
      
   every skool in the world!   
      
      
   chine.bleu wrote:   
   >   
   > Gronk wrote:   
   > > c186282 wrote:   
   > >> BTW ... the NAZIs actually WERE eager to   
   > >> build atomic bombs.   
   > >>   
   > >> I suspect Heisenberg and a few others drafted   
   > >   
   > > There is no small amount of controversy of Heisenberg...   
   >   
   > Not really. Heisenberg and other Germans knew the potential but the   
   > purity required would be far beyond anything Germany could do. So they   
   > were lackadaisically pursuing electricity generation to reduce coal   
   > dependence.   
   >   
   > Everyone understood the idea. Japan figured it out the day after   
   > Hiroshima. The problem is getting U235 concentrated beyond micrograms is   
   > extremely expensive. Only the USA could fight a two front war and purify   
   > uranium.   
   >   
   > >> by the NAZIs actually conspired to sabotage the   
   > >> program. Nobody else had the skills to see if   
   > >> they were steering things wrongly.   
   > >>   
   > >> But, it can NEVER be admitted ... even now   
   > >> their families would be branded 'traitors'.   
   >   
   > They were interned in an english house fully wired with bugs. They were   
   > told about Hiroshima, and their discussions were recorded.   
   >   
   > Their problem was a chemical blind alley. A reactor requires some   
   > chemistry to work. Germans were chasing heavy water throughout the war.   
   > Fermi chose graphite, and he had reactors running. Graphite had boron   
   > with bad chemistry, and Germans stopped there. Fermi realised the boron   
   > could be removed making the graphite he wanted.   
   >   
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