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Hiroshima bomb: uranium

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What was the element needed for the atomic bomb?

they used uranium and plutonium.


What was used to make the first atomic bomb?

Both Uranium & Plutonium were used.


What elements was used in the atomic bombs?

The atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in World War II used uranium-235 and plutonium-239 as their primary elements. The bomb dropped on Hiroshima (Little Boy) used uranium-235, while the bomb dropped on Nagasaki (Fat Man) used plutonium-239.


What was the element used in the first atomic bomb?

Plutonium was used in the Trinity test, Uranium in the first combat weapon.


How much plutonium was USED in little boy?

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.


Why was plutonium used in Fat Man?

There are two materials that can be used to make an atomic bomb: Plutonium-239 and uranium-235. Of the two plutonium-239 is easier to acquire. By the end of the Manhattan Project the U.S. only had enough uranium-235 to make one bomb, and that was Little Boy.


Which type of fissionable material is used in an atomic bomb?

Either highly enriched uranium-235 or reactor produced plutonium.


Element used in first atomic bomb?

The first bomb exploded, the Trinity test bomb, used plutonium. The first bomb deployed, dropped on Hiroshima, used uranium 235. The second bomb deployed, dropped on Nagasaki, used plutonium 239.


Which type of atomic bomb was used during hiroshima and nagasaki in Japan during world war?

In Hiroshima a uranium fission bomb was used and in Nagasaki a plutonium Implosion type bomb was used.


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 element was used to make the fist atomic bomb?

Both uranium and plutonium were used extensively to make the first two atomic bombs, dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, respectively.


What element was used in atomic bombs?

The first atomic bomb used against mankind was dropped over Hiroshima, Japan on August 6, 1945. It's code name was little boy and it used Uranium as fuel. The second bomb was dropped over Nagasaki, Japan on august 9, 1495. It,s code name was fat man and it used Plutonium as fuel.