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Plutonium-239 is an artificial isotope.
As a natural isotope exist only in traces.

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What elements did the atomic bomb Fat Man use?

Plutonium 239


What element was used to make the atom bomb?

Plutonium-239 for Nagasaki's Fat Man Uranium-235 for Hiroshima's Little Boyhydrogen


How are the materials in plutonium mined?

Plutonium is not typically mined; rather, it is produced artificially in nuclear reactors through the irradiation of uranium-238. The uranium undergoes a series of neutron capture reactions to become plutonium-239, which can then be chemically separated.


How much plutonium was used in World War 2?

Approx. 2 x 6,2 kg plutonium-239 for Trinity and Fat Man bombs.


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.


Did Fat Man contain plutonium?

Yes, the Fat Man bomb dropped on Nagasaki in 1945 contained plutonium as its fissile material. Plutonium-239 was used in the bomb's core, leading to a nuclear fission reaction that produced the explosion.


Who made the man-made element plutonium?

If it is man made, plutonium is prepared by human beings in nuclear reactors and recycling plants.


A difference between uranium 235 and plutonium 239?

Uranium 235 has 92 protons and electrons, 143 neutrons, atomic mass is cca. 235, is a natural isotope. Plutonium 239 has 94 protons and electrons, 145 neutrons, atomic mass is cca. 239, is an artificial isotope. Plutonium is more toxic than uranium. Also are differences in the types of radiations emmited, half-life and many other chemical and physical properties.


Is plutonium a man made or a natural?

Plutonium was discovered by Glenn T. Seaborg, Edwin M. McMillan, Joseph W. Kennedy and Arthur C. Wahl at the Berkeley Laboratory of the University of California (United States) after the bombardment of uranium with deuterons, in 1940. Now plutonium is obtained in the nuclear reactors. Plutonium is also in traces in uranium minerals.


Where can you buy artificial or man made plutonium?

We cannot buy plutonium; the transfer of plutonium is strictly controlled.


Is plutonium a example of a synthetic element?

Yes, plutonium is an artificial element, man made.


What were the atomic bombs made of?

little boy the first atom bomb used uranium 235 and fat man the second one used plutonium 239 surrounded by high explosives little boy used uranium 235 and fat man used plutonium 239<------- That answer makes no sense, and ima girl and i asked that question. What are you stupid? Little Boy was the first bomb, and Fat Man was the second.