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Breaking the bonds of the valence shell electrons of a noble gas would release enough energy to make a bomb as powerful as a small nuclear weapon without the nasty side efect of radiation. Not only that but if I used the gas Krypton then breaking its bonds would allow me to join it with another Krypton molocule and in doing so increase the London Dispersion forces enough that it would be a solid, aka: Kryptonite. :p All jokes aside, this would be a useful weapon. One catch, I don't know how to break the bonds. Anyone who can develop this bomb and produce it will have a permanent millitary contract with Acrimoni.

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This is something I'm really interested in, even if you don't think it is possible could you at least say so?

The Republic of Siap could design said weapon, seeing as Krypton Tetrafluoride already exists, but I highly doubt it will have the same power as a nuke. You may wish to consider our other weapon, the purified hydrogen bomb, which uses magnetic compression and lasers to develop a thermonuclear explosion w/out the radioactive contamination.
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~Siap

It would be a fun idea to toy around with, but akin to Siap, pure fusion nukes are a proven, less expensive alternative.

Do you mean something like a neutron bomb?

You're trying to use a nonconducting medium. But, differences in atomic radii of overlapping atoms causes homopolar contribution to the dipole moment.

So, you'll need to reduce the field strength in order to reduce the induced dipole moments. Maybe electromagnetism rather than radon/krypton?

You're trying to use a nonconducting medium. But, differences in atomic radii of overlapping atoms causes homopolar contribution to the dipole moment.

So, you'll need to reduce the field strength in order to reduce the induced dipole moments. Maybe electromagnetism rather than radon/krypton?

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that is all.

You're trying to use a nonconducting medium. But, differences in atomic radii of overlapping atoms causes homopolar contribution to the dipole moment.

So, you'll need to reduce the field strength in order to reduce the induced dipole moments. Maybe electromagnetism rather than radon/krypton?

Aiieee. I understand what you said but I had to read it like three times. I'm not sure how to induce a diploe-dipole bonding reaction between two molocules of radon or krypton or some other NG, but if it was a homogenous tank of gas, 100% of just one NG, then the Atomic radii would not have a real difference.

Anyways, I know this bomb would not be practical but if it could be developed then working on it could make it practical. If the oxidation of Radon could be manipulated by a catalyst then eventually we could develope a simpler way of doing it and making it cheaper than a purified hydrogen bomb. Im not talking about making this bomb for instant use, I want to develope it eventually.