Either highly enriched uranium-235 or reactor produced plutonium.
A breeder reactor
No, hydrogen bombs were not dropped on Hiroshima. The atomic bomb "Little Boy" was dropped on Hiroshima by the United States on August 6, 1945, during World War II. Hydrogen bombs are a more powerful type of nuclear weapon that was developed later.
Yes, fusion reactions occur in a hydrogen bomb, which is a type of nuclear bomb. The high temperatures and pressures generated by the fission reaction in the bomb can trigger fusion reactions between hydrogen isotopes. This fusion reaction releases a large amount of energy, contributing to the destructive power of the bomb.
an atom is the basic unit of a chemical element, it is composed of protons and neutrons in a tiny nucleus and electrons in an extended cloud around that nucleus.an atomic/nuclear bomb is a type of bomb that obtains its energy from reactions occurring inside the nucleus of the atoms, instead of from reactions occurring in the extended cloud of electrons as conventional bombs do.the fatman atomic bomb used in ww2 weighed 5 tons, without its plutonium core it is only a 5 ton blockbuster conventional bomb having a yield just under 5 tons of TNT; with the plutonium core it is an atomic bomb having a yield of 22,000 tons of TNT. this is an increase in yield of 4,400 times, by using the energy of the nucleus instead of the electrons!
The atomic bomb is an example of a nuclear weapon, a type of explosive device that derives its destructive force from nuclear reactions. It was used during World War II, with devastating consequences, and has since influenced global security policies and discussions on nuclear proliferation.
Yes & No. There were 2 types of atomic bomb dropped on Japan. The Hiroshima bomb was a gun type weapon called "Little Boy". Testing of this weapon was considered unnecessary, and fissionable material was very scarce at any rate. The Nagasaki weapon, an implosion type weapon called "Fat Man", was so complex that testing was imperative. It was tested at Trinity site in July 1945,& the bombs were dropped on Japan a few weeks later. So, yes, one type of bomb was tested, one time, before they were used on Japan.
There are many atoms used in an atomic bomb for various purposes.Iron and carbon, lus some others depending on preference, make up the steel casing;silicon and oxygen atoms make up the computer hardware chips;copper makes up the wiring in the bomb;various type of atoms make up the other tools used by the bomb;carbon, nitrogen and oxygen make up the conventional explosive;while plutonium and uranium atoms are used as fissionable material and hydrogen atoms as fusion material.
A breeder reactor
Making the bombshell was easy, but the challenge was getting the right type of fissionable material, which was uranium and plutonium. Another big one was on how to trigger the chain reaction in time so it will not pulverize itself if it fissions too slow, nor blow up the bomb plane carrying it in midair if the fission chain is too fast.
atomic bomb
Atomic bombs are a type of Nuclear bomb and there are 2 types of nuclear bombs. The second type of nuclear bomb is a hydrogen bomb.
An Atomic Bomb I think.
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.
A nuclear bomb and an atomic bomb are actually the same thing. Both terms refer to a type of explosive device that releases energy by nuclear reactions. The power of the explosion depends on the type of nuclear reactions involved and the amount of fissile material present in the bomb.
It was a plutonium implosion type. So it was an atomic bomb.
First hydrogen bomb then nuclear missiles but they are never used because of the dropping of the atomic bombs on japan...
The first a-bomb called (Little Boy) was a uranium gun-type atomic bomb.The second a-bomb called (Fat Man) was a plutonium implosion-type bomb.