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A plutonium bomb is a type of nuclear weapon that uses pluyonium as the nuclear material.

Most plutonium bombs are implosion type. This means that a core of pure plutonium is located in the middle of the bomb, surrounded by conventional chemical explosives. To detonate the bomb and create the nuclear explosion, the conventional explosive is detonated. The explosion surrounds the plutonium core, and the plutonium is heated greatly. This causes nuclear fission(the splitting of atoms to create energy) which causes the bomb to explode. That causes enormous amounts of heat and explosive power. The bomb dropped on nagasaki(plutonium imposion type with a yield of 21 kilotons)completely destroyed a couple miles of the city, with major damage streching even farther. You could get 3rd degree burns for 1.5-2 miles.

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