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How much plutonium do you need for a viable warhead?
The World War 2 MK-III used 6.2 kg of plutonium. Smaller amounts of plutonium are possible using better explosives than the MK-III used and/or a levitated core design is used and/or if deuterium and/or tritium are added as a fusion boosting agent.
How much plutonium would be required to make an atomic bomb as powerful as the one devastated in Nagasaki in World War 2?
Approx. 10 kg of plutonium 239.
Why was Oak Ridge Tennessee important to the production of the Atomic Bombs used in World War two?
Uranium enrichment plantsPrototype plutonium production reactor & design of plutonium production reactors used in Hanford, WA
Is plutonium used in bombs?
Yes, plutonium is a common material used in the making of nuclear weapons, specifically in fission weapons. Its high radioactivity and capability of undergoing rapid fission reactions make it a suitable material for bomb production.
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".
Which type of atomic bomb was used during hiroshima and nagasaki in Japan during world war?
In Hiroshima a uranium fission bomb was used and in Nagasaki a plutonium Implosion type bomb was used.
What is created out of 8kg of isotope plutonium?
atomic bombs(Nagasaki bomb) World War II
Which if any of the 3 plutonium production reactors built during world war 2 still exist?
In USA and Russia all plutonium production reactors are now shutdown.
What elements was used in the atomic bombs?
The atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in World War II used uranium-235 and plutonium-239 as their primary elements. The bomb dropped on Hiroshima (Little Boy) used uranium-235, while the bomb dropped on Nagasaki (Fat Man) used plutonium-239.
Nukes in World War 2?
Fat Man (plutonium a-bomb) and Little Boy (uranium a-bomb)
what is plutonium used for and was it used in WW2?
Hi there here i found you an answer: Plutonium was first produced and isolated in 1940 and was used to make the "Fat Man" atomic bomb that was dropped on Nagasaki at the end of World War II, just five years after it was first produced, said Amanda Simson, an assistant professor of chemical engineering at the University of New Haven
How much ammo was used in World War 2?
A lot.
