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It takes very little plutonium to kill you if you breathe it in. Microgram amounts can cause cancer when airborne plutonium is inspired. Some will stay inside the lungs and irradiate the individual over time. Death is not immediate, but is certain. And it usually isn't a very "clean" passing - if that can be said of any form of death. As plutonium isn't metabolized well, little of it would be absorbed if it was eaten, but airborne materials are a primary hazard at manufacturing facilities where this stuff is worked.
Plutonium is unstable and is radioactive. It's daughter products, those elements that result from its radioactive decay, are radioactive, too. A little bit of this super-toxic stuff in an individual's lungs will emit radiation, and will continue to do so as the daughter products decay. There are few words to describe how really nasty this stuff is.
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Is plutonium more powerful than uranium?
No, plutonium is a different element entirely.
Is plutonium magnetic?
Plutonium is only paramagnetic.
What is the atomic number for plutonium?
The atomic number of plutonium is 94.
Density of plutonium?
The density of solid plutonium is 19,816 g/cm3.
What state of matter is plutonium?
At room temperature plutonium is a solid metal.
How much plutonium was USED in little boy?
The Little Boy bomb had not plutonium.
Will plutonium kill you?
Yes, because plutonium is extremely radioactive and toxic.
How is plutonium poisonous?
Plutonium has a chemical toxicity but the most important is the internal irradiation from inhaled or ingested plutonium compounds; for example only 20 mg plutonium inhaled can kill you.
How long does it take for plutonium to kill you?
This depends on many factors: your age, your general health, internal or external irradiation, quantity of plutonium ingested or inhaled, the chemical form of plutonium, the physical form of plutonium, the dose equivalent, etc. But be sure that plutonium is very toxic and radioactive - it is an important danger without precautions.
What kill flys?
this is a wide topic but i recomend a wide dose of napalm followed to exposure to plutonium......make sure to apply plutonium with glooves as it stains cotton
Can plutonium kill people without them knowing?
Yes, it is possible but practically the probability is low.
Is plutonium more powerful than uranium?
No, plutonium is a different element entirely.
Can plutonium be in an alloy?
Yes. We normally don't "put a little plutonium" in something else to make an alloy, but sometimes we alloy a bit of something else in with it. For instance, a bit of gallium us used to make a plutonium alloy. The gallium helps stabilize plutonium and reduce phase transitions.
What elements were found in the atomic bombs fat man and little man?
plutonium
What type of chemical did Little boy have more of plutonium or uranium?
Little boy was a bomb with highly enriched uranium.
What element was used to make the atom bomb?
Plutonium-239 for Nagasaki's Fat Man Uranium-235 for Hiroshima's Little Boyhydrogen
Where was fat man atomic bomb made?
Little boy-Uranium Fat man-Plutonium
