The raw materials usually consist of plutonium or some heavy radioactive element, extremely high-powered conventional explosives and the various timers and charges to detonate the conventional explosives.
Larger modern nukes actually use smaller nukes as primers to set off a larger nuclear reaction.
neutron strikes the nucleus of an atom of URANIUM-235 which splits releasing another 2 or 3 neutrons. If URANIUM-235 is pure, a chain reaction occurs, whereby these neutrons very quickly strike other nuclei, resulting in the massive burst of energy as seen in a bomb.
The first atomic bomb tested (Gadget on July 16, 1945) used plutonium as the fission fuel alloyed with galliumand beryllium and polonium in the neutron source initiator. Two explosive mixtures called Composition B and Baratol were used in the explosive lenses that imploded the plutonium to make it supercritical (these explosives contained many elements including: carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, barium, etc.). Several metallic elements were used in the casing and electronics including: aluminum, copper, iron, tungsten, etc. The vacuum tubes had glass envelopes (silicon and oxygen) with bakelite plastic bases (carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen). The battery was a lead acid battery (lead, sulfur, hydrogen, and oxygen). Several other "minor" materials containing other elements were also present.
The first atomic bomb used in combat (Little Boy on August 6, 1945) used enriched uranium as the fission fuel and beryllium and polonium in the neutron source initiator. The smokeless propellant Cordite was used in the gun that fired the the two pieces of uranium together to make it supercritical (Cordite contained many elements including: carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, etc.). Several metallic elements were used in the casing and electronics including: aluminum, copper, iron, tungsten, etc. The vacuum tubes had glass envelopes (silicon and oxygen) with bakelite plastic bases (carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen). The battery was a lead acid battery (lead, sulfur, hydrogen, and oxygen). Several other "minor" materials containing other elements were also present.
The second atomic bomb used in combat (Fatman on August 9, 1945) was nearly identical to Gadget but had an external casing and RADAR electronics added using elements similar to Little Boy, but physically shaped differently.
Uranium, because uranium is such a unstable material it can be a very useful item for a nuclear bomb.
the elements that make them possible are uranium & plutonium
The first atom bomb ever exploded was a plutonium device.
Uranium-238 and plutonium-239.
Black rain spreads the radiation after an atomic bomb. The mushroom cloud puts radiation in the atmosphere, which becomes the black rain. Black rain is the main cause for widspread cancers and other sicknesses after an atomic bomb.
Atomic not Atomis!
His main accomplishment was he made the first atomic bomb. And help American troops save there lives
There were three or four reasons why but the main one was to end the war.
To end the war and to collapse Japan's means to make war.
Yes, it was one of the main ingredients for the atomic bomb. You can google it.
To end the war which it did.
Everyone working on the Manhattan Project fully supported making the atomic bomb until late, when Germany had been defeated and there was no more fear of a Nazi atomic bomb. However they all still wanted to carry the work through to completion to be sure the bomb they had been working on would work and how well. The main question became how it should be used (if at all), not if it should be made or not.
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Black rain spreads the radiation after an atomic bomb. The mushroom cloud puts radiation in the atmosphere, which becomes the black rain. Black rain is the main cause for widspread cancers and other sicknesses after an atomic bomb.
Group-1 has largest atomic radius. It decreases across a period
The reason was to end the war with Japan .
it was just retaliation for bombing pearl harbor
Atomic not Atomis!
The United States in Japan during WW2.
the atomic bomb was used to kill thousands of people in Hiroshima, and Nagasaki, two main cities in Japan. the point of dropping them was to end the war through destruction and violence not peace.
His main accomplishment was he made the first atomic bomb. And help American troops save there lives