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.
The first plutonium bomb used in the war: Nagasaki (Japan), 9 august 1945 - the "Fat man".
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Uranium &Plutonium
Minimum 6 kg (12 pounds) of plutonium 239.
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.
plutonium + weapon
Yes, a bomb with plutonium.
A nuclear bomb is any bomb with any nuclear or atomic material inside it, while a plutonium bomb is a specific type of nuclear bomb. Plutonium could be the nuclear material inside the bomb, and if it is, it's a plutonium bomb.
Hiroshima bomb: uranium Nagasaki bomb: plutonium
A uranium bomb is an atomic bomb fueled by uranium-235A plutonium bomb is an atomic bomb fueled by plutonium-239A composite bomb is an atomic bomb fueled by both uranium-235 and plutonium-239A wet bomb is a hydrogen bomb fueled by liquefied deuterium/tritiumA dry bomb is a hydrogen bomb fueled by solid lithium deuteride
The Little Boy atomic bomb used about 64 kilograms (141 pounds) of highly-enriched uranium-235, not plutonium. Plutonium was used in the Fat Man bomb, which used about 6.2 kilograms (13.6 pounds) of plutonium.
The first plutonium bomb used in the war: Nagasaki (Japan), 9 august 1945 - the "Fat man".
In the Nagasaki bomb, about 14 pounds. Design criteria on later weapons is classified.
There's no plutonium here. I haven't even seen any plutonium, recently.
uranium or plutonium
Uranium or Plutonium
No.