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Which is more explosive uranium-238 or uranium-235?
Uranium-235 is more explosive than uranium-238. This is because uranium-235 is fissile, meaning it can sustain a chain reaction of nuclear fission, which releases a large amount of energy. Uranium-238 is not fissile and requires a neutron source to undergo fission.
What type of uranium is used in nuclear power plants?
The type of uranium used in nuclear power plants is uranium-235. It is the isotope of uranium that is fissile, meaning it can sustain a nuclear chain reaction.
Used as an explosive ingredient in nuclear weapons?
Uranium-235 is used as the fissile material in nuclear weapons. When a uranium-235 atom undergoes fission, it releases a large amount of energy, which can create a nuclear explosion. The critical mass required for a nuclear chain reaction to occur is achieved by compressing uranium-235 using conventional explosives.
What element if often enriched and used in nuclear bombs?
Uranium is enriched in the isotope uranium-235, producing uranium-238 as waste.
How can uranium 235 create electricity?
In physics and nuclear fission. A neutron is fired at a uranium-235 atom which then splits into daughter nuclei, the daughter nuclei releases more netrons which splits more and more uranium-235 atoms. This is called a chain reaction. The chain reaction releases heat which can then be used to turn a turbine which turns a generator and generates electricity. A moderator can be used to slow down neutrons and the chain reaction. When the neutrons are slowed down to the right speed, control/fuel rods absorbs the neutrons which slows down the reaction rate. This makes nuclear fission controllable, unlike nuclear fusion which is uncontrollable. Hope this helps
Fusion reactor fuel used in future?
uranium-235 your welcome :)
Is the bomb little boy a fission or fusion reaction?
The "Little Boy" bomb used in the Hiroshima bombing was a fission bomb, specifically a gun-type uranium-235 bomb. It relied on the nuclear fission of uranium-235 to release a massive amount of energy.
Which is more explosive uranium-238 or uranium-235?
Uranium-235 is more explosive than uranium-238. This is because uranium-235 is fissile, meaning it can sustain a chain reaction of nuclear fission, which releases a large amount of energy. Uranium-238 is not fissile and requires a neutron source to undergo fission.
Can Uranium 235 be split by Krypton?
The fission of uranium-235 release krypton and barium (and other isotopes) as fission products.I don't know if the fusion of uranium and krypton is possible in laboratory.
Uranium -235 and uranium -238 are different of uranium?
Uranium-235 and uranium-238 are isotopes of uranium, meaning they have the same number of protons but different numbers of neutrons. Uranium-235 is used in nuclear reactors and weapons due to its ability to sustain a nuclear chain reaction, while uranium-238 is more abundant in nature but less useful for these purposes.
What isotope of uranium is fissionable?
The fissionable isotope of uranium is uranium-235 (U-235). While natural uranium contains about 99.3% uranium-238 (U-238) and only about 0.7% U-235, it is the U-235 isotope that can sustain a nuclear chain reaction. U-235 is used in both nuclear reactors and atomic bombs due to its ability to undergo fission when struck by a neutron.
What type of uranium is used in nuclear power plants?
The type of uranium used in nuclear power plants is uranium-235. It is the isotope of uranium that is fissile, meaning it can sustain a nuclear chain reaction.
Used as an explosive ingredient in nuclear weapons?
Uranium-235 is used as the fissile material in nuclear weapons. When a uranium-235 atom undergoes fission, it releases a large amount of energy, which can create a nuclear explosion. The critical mass required for a nuclear chain reaction to occur is achieved by compressing uranium-235 using conventional explosives.
What element if often enriched and used in nuclear bombs?
Uranium is enriched in the isotope uranium-235, producing uranium-238 as waste.
Which of the following elements is most likely to be produced during a nuclear fusion reaction helium-4 hydrogen-1 uranium-235 or uranium-238?
Helium-4 can be a product of fusion. Hydrogen-1 cannot be produced by fusion. The uranium isotopes were probably produced by fusion in some star, long ago, and possibly not as uranium, but as something that decayed into uranium. I suppose it would be possible to produce the uranium isotopes in a lab by fusion, but I cannot imagine anyone do so, unless it was to prove a point.
What is the ratio of the fusion energy1 released per atomic mass unit for the deuterium-tritium reaction to the fission energy2 released per atomic mass unit for uranium-235 reaction?
4.133:1
Does a hydrogen bomb contain uranium?
Yes, a Thermonuclear Weapon (or Hydrogen Bomb) contains a core of Plutonium-239 and Uranium-235. A hydrogen bomb (thermonuclear fusion device) is triggered by a conventional thermonuclear fission bomb, and therefore has a core of fissionable materials such as U-235 and Pu-239. The fission device acting as a trigger is in turn triggered by conventional chemical explosives.
