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Is plutonium as dense as the element uranium?
The density of uranium is 19,1 g/cm3. The density of plutonium is 19,816 g/cm3.
What does uranium and plutonium do inside a bomb?
The critical mass of plutonium is lower, plutonium is not so expensive as highly enriched uranium, the technology to obtain plutonium is more simple than the isotopic separa-tion of uranium, etc.
What are the difference between plutonium and uranium?
Uranium and plutonium are very heavy metals belonging to the element category actinide encompassing the 15 metallic chemical elements with atomic numbers from 89 to 103, actinium through lawrencium. Three uranium isotopes occur in nature versus only trace amounts of one isotope of plutonium. Of course the nuclear, chemical, physical and toxicological properties of uranium and plutonium are very different.
How are uranium and plutonium alike?
Plutonium has the same composition as uranium, except for the fact that it contains one more neutron and one more proton. Actually Plutonium-239 has 2 more protons and 2 more neutrons than Uranium-235.
What 2 radioactive elements were chosen for the atomic bomb?
Uranium-235 and plutonium-239 were the two radioactive elements chosen for the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Is uranium or plutonium used as fuel in a nuclear reactor?
Though both enriched uranium and plutonium can be used, the most common in enriched Uranium-235. The waste that comes from the reaction is a mix of elements (uranium, plutonium, etc) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_power
Can plutonium combine with uranium?
Plutonium and uranium can form alloys.
Can uranium and plutonium bond?
Uranium and plutonium can form alloys.
Can you recycle uranium and plutonium?
Yes, it is possible to recycle "burned" uranium and plutonium.
What is smaller in radius uranium or plutonium?
The atomic radii of uranium and plutonium are identical.
Is plutonium limited?
Plutonium is obtained from uranium irradiated in nuclear reactors, consequently the production of plutonium depends on uranium resources.
Are uranium and plutonium easily obtained?
Uranium is not easily obtained; and the technology of plutonium is extremely difficult.
Is plutonium and enriched uranium the same thing?
Plutonium and enriched uranium are different materials.Enriched uranium is uranium with a concentration of the isotope 235U greater than the natural concentration of 0,7 %.
Which atomic bomb used uranium and which used plutonium?
Hiroshima bomb: uranium Nagasaki bomb: plutonium
Is smaller in radius uranium or plutonium?
The atomic radii (empirical) of plutonium and uranium are identical - 175 pm.
Does nuclear power have uranium in it?
Either Uranium or Plutonium.
Is plutonium as dense as the element uranium?
The density of uranium is 19,1 g/cm3. The density of plutonium is 19,816 g/cm3.
