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moderator, it slowed fast neutrons to thermal velocities so that they would be less likely to be captured by uranium-238 before they could fission uranium-235.
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Which is more explosive uranium-238 or uranium-235?
235 was used to produce one of the first atomic weapons. 238 is much harder to start a nuclear chain reaction than 235. 238 is used in nuclear weapons, but not as the first stage.
Who worked on the first atomic bomb?
The Atomic Bomb was not "discovered". It was designed and created.
How the first atomic theory was formed?
john dalton develop an atomic theory in 1803, based on idea of the atomic exsiting
How do you prove graphically that a reaction is first order?
If a reaction is first order, a graph of reaction rate against reagent concentration will be a straight line.
Who made the first atomic bomb?
The United States
Who was the first to notice that properties of elements exist as a perdoic function of atomic mass?
Mendeleev was the first to notice that properties of elements exist as a perdoic function of atomic mass
How has having an atomic model improved science?
the first sustained and controlled nuclear chain reaction by Enrico Fermi in 1942
What nuclear reaction provided the massive energy of the atomic bombs dropped on Japan in 1944?
if the atomic bomb had been available in 1944 it would have been used on germany not japan. the first atomic bombs were not built until july 1945, after germany had already surrendered so they were used on japan. nuclear fission in a neutron chain reaction.
Who made the first graphite tennis raquet?
the first graphite racket was made is 1653 by a famous man named Wilson Hilkmore
What did enrico fermi do?
Dear Reader, Enrico Fermi was the first person to discover and experiment with the atomic chain reaction. Love, Science Geek
What can be made of graphite?
Graphite is pure carbon. A diamond is also pure carbon in a very specific crystal. Yet diamonds do not conduct electricity and graphite does. Graphite can form in plate like arrays of hexagonal crystals and in an amorphous, powdery form.
How was the periodic table first organized atomic number or atomic mass?
It was first organised in atomic number as they are organised in atomic mass now.
What was the name given to the project to develop the atomic bomb?
The military project to develop the US atomic bomb was the Manhattan Project. It included the first successful fission chain reaction in December, 1942, and culminated in the first atomic test explosion at Alamagordo, NM on July 16, 1945. Two bombs built under the project were dropped on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Soviets explode their first atomic bomb?
when Soviets explode first atomic bomb
What is Homeopathic medicine for skin infection?
graphite is the first remedy for skin rashes
What event is usually credited as having started the Atomic Age in science?
the first sustained and controlled nuclear chain reaction by Enrico Femi in 1942 . Study Island Much People :)
Where was the first atomic bomb dropped-?
The city of Hiroshima was the place where the first atomic bomb was dropped.
