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In the second world war, The atom bombs dropped conained the unstable isotope of uranium with Atomic Mass 235. U-235 you might say.
- Uranium-235
- Plutonium-239
- Uranium-233
- Tritium
- Lithium
- Deuterium
- Beryllium
- Polonium
- Uranium-238 (dense tamper to prolong reaction)
- Sometimes boron (in safeing mechanism to prevent accidental explosion)
- Aluminum (impedance matching between explosives and tamper)
- Thin layers of felt to fill gaps due to manufacturing tolerances.
- Steel (casing)
- Copper (electronics wiring)
- etc.
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What is the main element used to make nuclear bombs?
It depends which type it is. It can be Uranium or Plutonium
Is technetium used for atomic bombs?
Technetium is not a naturally occurring element like uranium or plutonium but produced as a result of nuclear transformations, typically in a nuclear reactor. It has never been used in the making of nuclear weapons.
What bombs did Germans use in the blitz?
They used nuclear and atomic bombs.
Can neptunium be used to make nuclear war bombs?
It can.
Is magnesium used for bombs?
Magnesium, white phosphorus, and jellied gasoline (napalm) are the typical fuels in conventional incendiary bombs. They are not used in conventional high explosive bombs or in nuclear bombs.
What element is used to make electricity and nuclear bombs?
plutonium
Which was the original element used in bombs?
If we are talking about the nuclear bombs used in ww2, 1 plutonium bomb and 1 uranium bomb.
What is the main element used to make nuclear bombs?
It depends which type it is. It can be Uranium or Plutonium
What kind of element is uranium?
Uranium is a natural chemical element, metal, solid, toxic, radioactive, reactive, very dense, used as fuel in nuclear reactors, used in nuclear bombs, used in alloys for tankks armors, etc.
Is technetium used for atomic bombs?
Technetium is not a naturally occurring element like uranium or plutonium but produced as a result of nuclear transformations, typically in a nuclear reactor. It has never been used in the making of nuclear weapons.
What kind of explosions are used in nuclear bombs?
nuclear
Why are thermonuclear bombs are more disastrous than nuclear bombs?
Nuclear bombs use nuclear fission of some heavy element, usually uranium or plutonium. Thermonuclear bombs use the detonation of a fission bomb to ignite the fusion of hydrogen. Such weapons are more powerful than ordinary nuclear weapons because nuclear fusion releases more energy than nuclear fission, and because the process of fusion itself can be used to ignite more fission.
What element if often enriched and used in nuclear bombs?
Uranium is enriched in the isotope uranium-235, producing uranium-238 as waste.
What bombs did Germans use in the blitz?
They used nuclear and atomic bombs.
How could nuclear fission be used indirectly?
in nuclear fusion bombs
What is used in atomic bombs?
Uranium which is a fuel is used in atomic bombs and in nuclear power stations.
How is nuclear fusion used in the US?
Bombs.
