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Minimum 6 kg (12 pounds) of plutonium 239.
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What was the name of the bomb that was made from plutonium?
The first plutonium bomb used in the war: Nagasaki (Japan), 9 august 1945 - the "Fat man".
What is a name of the bomb dropped by America on hiroshima and nagasaki?
Nuclear bombs made from Plutonium and Uranium.
Difference between the bomb dropped at hiroshima and that dropped at nagasaki?
In an atomic bomb, uranium or plutonium fission or implosive are needed to get the blast. The hydrogen bomb functions by the fusion, or joining together, of lighter elements into heavier elements.
Which explosion was bigger hiroshima or nagasaki?
The explosion in Nagasaki was bigger but the damage was less because of the terrain. Fat man, the bomb dropped over Nagasaki was a plutonium implosion type bomb compared with the uranium fission bomb dropped over Hiroshima.
How heavy was the atomic bomb dropped on japan?
The first Atom Bomb dropped on Hiroshima was called "Little Boy". It weighted about 9,700 pounds and used about 141 pounds of Uranium-235 to generate an explosive blast roughly equal to about 15,000 tons (or 30 million pounds) of conventional TNT explosive. The second Atom Bomb dropped was on Nagasaki. It was called "Fat Man". It weighed about 10,300 pounds and used about 14 pounds of Plutonium-239 & 240 to generate an explosive blast roughly equal to about 21,000 tons (or 42 million pounds) of conventional TNT explosive.
How much plutonium used in nuclear bomb?
In the Nagasaki bomb, about 14 pounds. Design criteria on later weapons is classified.
Which atomic bomb used uranium and which used plutonium?
Hiroshima bomb: uranium Nagasaki bomb: plutonium
What was the nuclear weapon that was dropped on Nagasaki?
The nuclear bomb A MK-3 Plutonium implosion bomb, it weighed 10,000 pounds and had a 22Kton yield.
What element was used to make the atom bomb?
Plutonium-239 for Nagasaki's Fat Man Uranium-235 for Hiroshima's Little Boyhydrogen
What nuclear material was used in the bomb that was dropped in nagasaki?
Plutonium
What is the nick name for the bomb that was droped on nagasaki?
The Plutonium bomb was nicknamed Fat Man.
What kind of bomb exploded in Nagasaki?
It was a plutonium implosion type. So it was an atomic bomb.
How much plutonium is in the second atomic bomb?
Nagasaki (Japan) - 9 August 1945 - a bomb containing 6,4 kg of Plutonium 239
What was the name of the bomb that was made from plutonium?
The first plutonium bomb used in the war: Nagasaki (Japan), 9 august 1945 - the "Fat man".
What was the name of the plutonium bomb?
Fat man: Nagasaki, August 1945
What was distinct about the bomb on hiroshima?
The bomb in Hiroshima was plutonium and the Nagasaki was uranium.
When was the Manhattan bomb dropped?
It was actually the atom bomb from the Manhattan project. It was dropped on Hiroshima, Japan on August 6, 1945 (that one was a uranium bomb) And dropped on Nagasaki, Japan on August 9, 1945 (a stronger plutonium bomb)
