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- active material (fissile and/or fusible materials)
- conventional explosives
- electronics (timing/firing circuits, fusing circuits, arming/safeing circuits, permissive action link or equivalent)
- metal and/or composite ballistic casing (might be steel or aluminum, in missile warheads an ablative resin/fiber composite heat shield is used too)
- etc.
The active material provides the nuclear energy of the weapon. For fission bombs it is either Uranium or Plutonium. For fusion bombs it is normally Lithium Deuteride. There are many bomb designs that combine fission and fusion: a boosted fission bomb uses a hollow sealed fissile core that is filled with either deuterium gas, tritium gas, or a mix of both to get a small fusion yield, which causes a higher fission yield; the traditional fusion bomb involves several "cycles" of fission and fusion to work resulting in it usually being referred to as a fission-fusion-fission bomb, with typically 90% or more of its yield actually coming from the final fission step (not fusion).
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What are nuclear bombs made out of?
plutonium and neutrons
What do you call a scientist that makes bombs?
For bombs such as atomic or nuclear, I believe it is a nuclear engineer.
Is plutonium in nuclear bombs?
yes it is.... it is the main part of a nuclear weapon.
Which kind of scientists create atomic bombs?
Physicists and nuclear scientists create atomic bombs.
Is white phosphorus in smoke incendiary or atomic and nuclear warheads?
White phosphorus is used in some incendiary bombs (e.g. phosphorus and napalm), but not in any nuclear bombs.
What are nuclear bombs made out of?
plutonium and neutrons
What are nuclear bombs made from?
Uranium, plutonium or hydrogen.
When did nuclear bombs get made?
They were made by the United States during WW2.
Is a bomb nuclear?
Some bombs are nuclear. But most bombs are not nuclear.
How many nuclear bombs were made in the cold war?
40,000
Where are the most nuclear bombs made?
china,russia,usa,uk!......
When did nuclear bombs stop getting made?
Never, at least not yet.
Where was the nuclear bomb made in Tennessee?
The nuclear material used to make the bombs was from Oak Ridge TN
How many nuclear bombs are being made by the us?
None, the US currently only refurbishes existing bombs.
Is there nuclear energy in nuclear bombs?
Yes, there is nuclear energy in nuclear bombs. It is released in a few microseconds when they are detonated.
Why thermo nuclear bombs are called dirty bombs?
Beacause millions of lives were taken by the nuclear bombs
Are nuclear bombs illegal in China?
No, China has several hundred nuclear bombs and has had bombs since 1964.
