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Name the element once enriched can form the core of a nuclear bomb?
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Uranium hexafluoride (hex) is a compound of uranium that becomes a gas when heated. In gaseous form, it can be "enriched". Enriched uranium is needed for research reactors, most non-Canadian power reactors, and bombs.
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How much uranium is usually in a nuclear bomb?
Cca. 50 kg of highly enriched uranium. Now nuclear bombs use plutonium, not uranium.
What is the difference between nuclear bomb and plutonium bomb?
A nuclear bomb is any bomb with any nuclear or atomic material inside it, while a plutonium bomb is a specific type of nuclear bomb. Plutonium could be the nuclear material inside the bomb, and if it is, it's a plutonium bomb.
The element that is used as a ingredient in nuclear weapons?
Uranium, Plutonium, Hydrogen, Lithium (depending on the specific bomb design)
How is Atomic Bomb related to Nuclear?
An atomic bomb is a nuclear bomb.It can kill lots and lots of people
What is the most powerful type of nuclear bomb?
The Hidrogen Bomb.
What was the nuclear core of the atomic bomb?
fissile material: highly enriched uranium or plutonium
Are there explosives in a nuclear bomb?
A nuclear bomb contains a radioactive element that is caused to react at a certain time, so technically no.
How much uranium is usually in a nuclear bomb?
Cca. 50 kg of highly enriched uranium. Now nuclear bombs use plutonium, not uranium.
What is the procedure to make atomic bomb?
Uranium or plutonium is enriched to create to create a core capable of nuclear fusion and fission.
What is another name for fusion bomb?
hydrogen bomb, or a nuclear bomb
What is the name of the first nuclear bomb?
trinity was the code of the detonation of the nuclear deviceit was the first nuclear bomb in the world
What is another name for fusion?
hydrogen bomb, or a nuclear bomb
How do you create the element Chaos in Doodle Devil on the Ipod?
war+nuclear bomb
What was the nuclear material in the first bomb?
The first bomb that was used on people (Little Boy) used Highly Enriched Uranium as its fissile material. The first tested bomb at the Trinity Test used Plutonium as its fissile material.
Why did the Americans call their nuclear bomb the little boy?
It was the code name for that bomb.
What the A bomb?
An A Bomb also known as the Atomic Bomb or Nuclear bomb is a high powered explosive that is created with a nuclear element such as Uranium. Created in 1945 during the Manhattan Project, only used twice during war; both by the USA on Japan
Which was the original element used in bombs?
If we are talking about the nuclear bombs used in ww2, 1 plutonium bomb and 1 uranium bomb.
