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Plutonium was discovered by Glenn T. Seaborg Edwin M. McMillan, Joseph W. Kennedy, and Arthur C. Wahl at the Berkeley Laboratory of the University of California (United States) after the bombardment of uranium with deuterons. Now plutonuim is obtained in the nuclear reactors.
Plutonium is also in traces in uranium minerals.
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What was the element used in the first atomic bomb?
Plutonium was used in the Trinity test, Uranium in the first combat weapon.
What day was plutonium discovered?
14 December 1940 was the day accepted for the first preparation of the isotope plutonium-238.
Was the first atomic bomb made in Chicago?
No. It was assembles and mostly produced in Alamogordo, New Mexico. There were other places where people worked to make parts of the bomb's elements and processed the uranium and plutonium for the bombs.
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 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.
Where is plutonium produced?
Plutonium is obtained by recycling "burned" nuclear fuels.
Is plutonium produced only in breeder reactors?
No, plutonium is obtained in all the types of nuclear reactors.
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
How much finished plutonium has been produced in the US?
2000
Can plutonium be produced in a commercial nuclear reactor?
Yes, plutonium is produced as by-product in all types of nuclear reactors. The nuclear reaction is: 23892U + n-------23992U-------23993Np + e--------23994Pu + e
How is plutonium-239 produced in a reactor?
When a fast-moving neutron hits a nonfissionable uranium-238 (U-238) nucleus and is absorbed, an atom of fissionable plutonium-239 (Pu-239) is produced.
When and who found plutonium and what is radioactive plutonum used for?
Plutonium (the isotope plutonium-238) was first produced and isolated on December 14, 1940, and chemically identified on February 23, 1941, by Glenn T. Seaborg, Edwin McMillan, Joseph W. Kennedy and Arthur Wahl in the Berkeley Laboratory, USA.
How is plutonium-239 produced in a breeder reactor?
When a fast-moving neutron hits a nonfissionable uranium-238 (U-238) nucleus and is absorbed, an atom of fissionable plutonium-239 (Pu-239) is produced.
Where did they first discover plutonium?
Plutonium was discovered at Berkeley, USA in December 1940.
Who was the first to use plutonium?
The first use of plutonium was as nuclear weapon; United States was the first country to use these weapons against Japan.
Why was the hanford site chosen for plutonium production what secret weapon was eventually prouced?
Hanford in Washington state was chosen for its remote location and because it has a good water source. Folks in some small communities had to be relocated but things worked out, and the first plutonium for the second atomic bomb was produced there.
What was the element used in the first atomic bomb?
Plutonium was used in the Trinity test, Uranium in the first combat weapon.
