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Atomic fuel is used for producing electricity. It is also used for producing atomic weapons.
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What is used in atomic bombs?
Uranium which is a fuel is used in atomic bombs and in nuclear power stations.
Is nuclear an atomic fuel?
Fuel used in a nuclear reactor is uranium, the active isotope is uranium 235 which is fissile.
Is plutonium an actinide nuclear fuel?
Yes, it is. Specific isotopes of plutonium can be used for nuclear fuel. An actinide is an element of the periodic table with an atomic number of 89 (actinium) or higher. Plutonium is atomic number 94. A link is provided.
What is meant by the term fuel?
Fuel is the source of energy that makes an engine or machine function. Gasoline is the fuel used in most automobiles. The wind is the fuel for wind-turbine generators, and for sailing vessels. Uranium is the fuel for atomic powered submarines.
What is the definition of uranium?
Uranium is a solid metal, natural chemical element with 3 natural isotopes, radioactive, with the atomic number 92, used as fuel in nuclear reactors and nuclear weapons.
Is uranium used to procure atomic energy?
Yes, uranium is a nuclear fuel for nuclear power reactors. Also uranium can be used in nuclear weapons.
What element was used for the atomic bomb?
The first atomic bomb used against mankind was dropped over Hiroshima, Japan on August 6, 1945. It's code name was little boy and it used Uranium as fuel. The second bomb was dropped over Nagasaki, Japan on august 9, 1495. It,s code name was fat man and it used Plutonium as fuel.
What uranium that makes at a valuable mineral?
Uranium is used as nuclear fuel or explosive in atomic bombs.Uranium has also many minor applications.
How do people use uranium rays?
Uranium has many applications but the use of emitted rays is not important.Uranium is used as nuclear fuel or for atomic bombs.
Is neptunium magnetic?
Neptunium is a chemical element. Atomic Number: 93, Atomic Symbol: Np. Neptunium is fissionable. For this, it is used as fuel in a fast neutron reactor or in a nuclear weapon. Neptunium is not a magnet.
Which Metal is used in atomic reactors?
Quite a number of different ones. The fuel is uranium with zirconium sheaths. The pressure vessel is steel. These are the main ones
On 1945 was the bomb dropped on hiroshima a atomic bomb or a uranium bomb?
It was both: an atomic bomb using uranium as its fuel.
