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Plutonium is a rare transuranic radioactive chemical element with the chemical symbol Pu and atomic number 94. Enrico Fermi and a team of scientists at the University of Rome reported that they had discovered element 94 in 1934.Fermi called the element hesperium and mentioned it in his Nobel Lecture in 1938.The sample was actually a mixture of barium, krypton, and other elements, but this was not known at the time because nuclear fission had not been discovered yet. Plutonium was first produced and isolated on December 14, 1940.
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Which atomic bomb used uranium and which used plutonium?
Hiroshima bomb: uranium Nagasaki bomb: plutonium
What was the fuel used in the first nuclear bomb test?
In the test bomb, the material was plutonium. Plutonium was also used in one of the bombs dropped on Japan, Fat Man. Little Boy, the bomb dropped on Nagasaki, was made of uranium.
what is plutonium used for and was it used in WW2?
Hi there here i found you an answer: Plutonium was first produced and isolated in 1940 and was used to make the "Fat Man" atomic bomb that was dropped on Nagasaki at the end of World War II, just five years after it was first produced, said Amanda Simson, an assistant professor of chemical engineering at the University of New Haven
Why was Oak Ridge Tennessee important to the production of the Atomic Bombs used in World War two?
Uranium enrichment plantsPrototype plutonium production reactor & design of plutonium production reactors used in Hanford, WA
What was the first city to be leveled by a plutonium-based atomic bomb?
Nagasaki (Japan), 9 August 1945
What was the element used in the first atomic bomb?
Plutonium was used in the Trinity test, Uranium in the first combat weapon.
What was the nuclear reactor first used for?
It was used first for plutonium production for military purposes.
What was used to make the first atomic bomb?
Both Uranium & Plutonium were used.
Element used in first atomic bomb?
The first bomb exploded, the Trinity test bomb, used plutonium. The first bomb deployed, dropped on Hiroshima, used uranium 235. The second bomb deployed, dropped on Nagasaki, used plutonium 239.
How was the plutonium discovered?
The first nuclear reaction used to obtain plutonium:238U + n-------239U-------239Np + e--------239Pu + e
What element was first used to make atomic bond?
Uranium and plutonium.
Does the human body use plutonium?
Plutonium is not used in the human body.
What was the name of the bomb that was made from plutonium?
The first plutonium bomb used in the war: Nagasaki (Japan), 9 august 1945 - the "Fat man".
What element is used to make atomic bombs?
Apparently it was plutonium which I think is element 295.Plutonium is element 94.Plutonium was used in the Gadget at Trinity.Uranium was used in the first bomb dropped on Japan the Little Boy at Hiroshima.Plutonium was used in the second bomb dropped on Japan the Fatman at Nagasaki.
How is plutonium used in gold mining?
Plutonium is not used in gold mining !
What element was used to create the first Atomic bomb?
Apparently it was plutonium which I think is element 295.Plutonium is element 94.Plutonium was used in the Gadget at Trinity.Uranium was used in the first bomb dropped on Japan the Little Boy at Hiroshima.Plutonium was used in the second bomb dropped on Japan the Fatman at Nagasaki.
Is plutonium used in nuclear warheads?
Yes, plutonium is used in nuclear weapons.
