The key elements to making fission bombs are: Uranium and Plutonium. The specific isotopes of interest are: Uranium-233, Uranium-235, and Plutonium-239.
But many other elements are needed to make a functional bomb. As a very rough guess, about a quarter of the elements on the periodic table are needed somewhere in the bomb, roughly 23 different elements in total.
The little boy atomic bomb used on Hiroshima contained Uranium-235. The Fat Man atomic bomb used on Nagasaki contained Plutonium.
Ex.: neptunium, deuterium (isotope of H)
Uranium and Plutonium
either uranium or plutonium may be used in fission bombs, hydrogen and/or lithium may be used in fusion bombs.
Fission bombs use fission. Fusion bombs use fusion. Although atomic bomb is usually used for fission bombs, it technically applies equally to either.
The little boy atomic bomb used on Hiroshima contained Uranium-235. The Fat Man atomic bomb used on Nagasaki contained Plutonium.
Yes, uranium can be used in atomic bombs.
Yes, enriched uranium can be used in atomic bombs.
Uranium which is a fuel is used in atomic bombs and in nuclear power stations.
The atomic bombs used during World War II used fission to produce the nuclear chain reaction.
The atomic bombs were delivered by the USS Indianoppolis
Ex.: neptunium, deuterium (isotope of H)
They used nuclear and atomic bombs.
Conventional bombs - with chemical explosives.
No mineral. Two metals- uranium and plutonium- are used in atomic bombs.
No, at no time have the Japanese ever had atomic bombs!
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