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There are 3 types of explosives used in nuclear weapons:
- conventional explosives, to rapidly assemble a subcritical mass into a supercritical mass of fissile material; many different explosives can and have been used.
- fissile material; highly enriched Uranium-235 and/or Plutonium-239.
- fusion fuel; Deuterium, Tritium, and/or Lithium Deuteride.
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What element is used as an explosive ingredient in nuclear weapons?
uranium
The element that used as an explosive ingredient ia nuclear weapons?
Uranium - 235
Used as an explosive ingredient in nuclear weapons?
Uranium isotope U-235
Element used in an explosive ingredient in nuclear weapons?
The radioactive elements plutonium or uranium are the elements that are used in nuclear weapons that create nuclear fission. Isotopes of hydrogen are used in nuclear weapons that create nuclear fusion.
What element is used in explosive nuclear weapons?
Plutonium or Uranium .
Is dubnium explosive?
Yes. Dubnium is used for nuclear bombs and weapons
Which radioactive actinide was the primary explosive component of nuclear weapons?
This would be plutonium in modern nuclear weapons. Another actinide common in nuclear weapons is uranium. Nowadays this is usually found in the secondary of the weapon. The Little Boy weapon used against Hiroshima used uranium as the fissile material. This was a single stage weapon. A few other weapons also used uranium as the primary nuclear explosive.
What Used cycle as an explosive ingredient in nuclear weapons?
You question is far from clear, but nuclear weapons use a high explosive "trigger". The chemical explosives serve to crush nuclear materials into a very dense form, starting a nuclear chain reaction. There have been many different explosives used for that purpose- explosives used in modern day weapons is rather classified, and we don't discuss classified materials here.The chemical explosives used in most nuclear weapons since the 1960s have been PBXs (Plastic Bonded Explosives). However there are literally many dozens of different PBXs, each having different properties. PBXs were selected for safety: they are insensitive to shock or fire.I am not sure what you mean by "cycle". The only thing I know of with a name like that was cyclonite, an explosive used in some nuclear weapons in the 1950s, but it is very shock sensitive and thus unsafe.Some unclassified information on nuclear weapon explosives is available in Chuck Hansen's work Swords of Armageddon.
How can uranium be used for war?
- Enriched uranium is used as explosive in some nuclear weapons. Depleted uranium is used for: - armors - projectiles - ballast
The element that is used as a ingredient in nuclear weapons?
Uranium, Plutonium, Hydrogen, Lithium (depending on the specific bomb design)
Which is more explosive uranium-238 or uranium-235?
235 was used to produce one of the first atomic weapons. 238 is much harder to start a nuclear chain reaction than 235. 238 is used in nuclear weapons, but not as the first stage.
What is the most dangerous use of uranium?
For making energy in nuclear reactors. Highly enriched uranium could also be used in war fare as well. Applications of uranium: - nuclear fuel for nuclear power reactors - explosive for nuclear weapons - material for armors and projectiles - catalyst - additive for glass and ceramics (to obtain beautiful green colors) - toner in photography - mordant for textiles - shielding material (depleted uranium) - ballast - and other minor applications
