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The key elements to making fission bombs are: Uranium and Plutonium. The specific isotopes of interest are: Uranium-233, Uranium-235, and Plutonium-239.
But many other elements are needed to make a functional bomb. As a very rough guess, about a quarter of the elements on the periodic table are needed somewhere in the bomb, roughly 23 different elements in total.
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What elements was used in the atomic bombs?
The little boy atomic bomb used on Hiroshima contained Uranium-235. The Fat Man atomic bomb used on Nagasaki contained Plutonium.
What elements besides uranium plutonium and hydrogen can be used to make atomic or thermonuclear bombs?
Ex.: neptunium, deuterium (isotope of H)
What elements are used for bombs?
Uranium and Plutonium
What element was used to make a atomic bomb?
either uranium or plutonium may be used in fission bombs, hydrogen and/or lithium may be used in fusion bombs.
What kind of nuclear reaction does an atomic bomb use?
Fission bombs use fission. Fusion bombs use fusion. Although atomic bomb is usually used for fission bombs, it technically applies equally to either.
What elements was used in the atomic bombs?
The little boy atomic bomb used on Hiroshima contained Uranium-235. The Fat Man atomic bomb used on Nagasaki contained Plutonium.
Is uranium in atomic bombs?
Yes, uranium can be used in atomic bombs.
Is uranium used in atomic bombs?
Yes, enriched uranium can be used in atomic bombs.
What is used in atomic bombs?
Uranium which is a fuel is used in atomic bombs and in nuclear power stations.
Did the atomic bomb use fussion for its explosive power?
The atomic bombs used during World War II used fission to produce the nuclear chain reaction.
How did the atomic bombs used on Japan get from America to Japan?
The atomic bombs were delivered by the USS Indianoppolis
What elements besides uranium plutonium and hydrogen can be used to make atomic or thermonuclear bombs?
Ex.: neptunium, deuterium (isotope of H)
What bombs did Germans use in the blitz?
They used nuclear and atomic bombs.
What was used before atomic bombs?
Conventional bombs - with chemical explosives.
What highly reactive mineral is used as a source of atomic energy for bombs?
No mineral. Two metals- uranium and plutonium- are used in atomic bombs.
Was the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor the first time an atomic bomb was used?
No, at no time have the Japanese ever had atomic bombs!
What year was atomic bombs used?
1945
