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Plutonium was used in the second nuclear bomb dropped on Japan in World War 2.
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Do they use californium in nuclear bombs?
Californium is not typically used in nuclear bombs due to its high cost and limited availability. Nuclear bombs typically use plutonium or uranium as the fissile material for the explosive chain reaction. Californium is used more commonly in research and medical applications due to its ability to produce neutrons.
Do nuclear bombs use nuclear fusion or fission?
Almost all modern nuclear explosive devices use some of each. The early atomic bombs used only fission. All hydrogen bombs use both fission and fusion. Some things you might want to look up are: boosted fission bomb, external electrical fusor neutron source, the plutonium "fission sparkplug" used in each stage of a hydrogen bomb, depleted uranium hydrogen bomb tamper can provide up to 90% of the total yield through fast fission.
How long did it take to make the atomic bombs used in World War 2?
The US was capable of producing 3 atomic bombs a month at the end of WW2. This would suggest it took a bit over a week to make each bomb kit. However it isn't that simple, the 3 bomb per month bottleneck was the Hanford plutonium production reactors: each of the 3 reactors could make 1 bomb worth (6.2 kg) of plutonium a month and they ran in parallel.
What conventional explosives are used to trigger a nuclear weapon?
For uranium fueled atomic bombs ordinary gunpowders are adequate to assemble a critical mass without a fizzle. For plutonium fueled atomic bombs high explosives must be used to assemble a critical mass without a fizzle. The first such bombs used Composition B (a predecessor of modern C-4) and Baritol. Modern bombs use shock and fire resistant plastic bonded explosives.
How much electricity does plutonium possess?
Your question is slightly off. You could ask how much energy plutonium has, since plutonium can be used as a fuel to run a nuclear power plant and to generate electricity (although the usual use of plutonium is to make atomic bombs - the normal fuel in nuclear power plants us uranium, not plutonium) but the element itself contains potential nuclear energy, not electricity. Nuclear energy can be converted into electricity. I will also note that it is can't be converted directly into electricity. It can be converted into heat, and the heat can be used to boil water to run a steam turbine which then generates electricity. In terms of usable energy content, I am not going to give you an exact equivalence, but it is possible to create something like a 50 kiloton explosion (one equal to the explosive force of 50,000 tons of dynamite) with about 30 pounds of plutonium. So it contains a lot of energy.
Which was the original element used in bombs?
If we are talking about the nuclear bombs used in ww2, 1 plutonium bomb and 1 uranium bomb.
Is uranium used more in atomic bombs than plutonium?
No, plutonium is used more. Uranium can only be used in gun type nuclear weapons, which are rarely used.
What highly reactive mineral is used as a source of atomic energy for bombs?
No mineral. Two metals- uranium and plutonium- are used in atomic bombs.
What are Plutonium atomic bombs?
Plutonium was and still is used for atomic bombs. The atomic bombs you are talking about would be fat man and little boy. They were the two used to bomb Hiroshima and Nagasaki Many people were killed when the b-29 bomber dropped fat man.
What highly reactive Mineral is used as a good source of atomic energy for bombs?
No mineral. Two metals- uranium and plutonium- are used in atomic bombs.
What metal isotopes are generally used in atom bombs and nuclear reactors?
plutonium and uranium
How much plutonium was used in World War 2?
Approx. 2 x 6,2 kg plutonium-239 for Trinity and Fat Man bombs.
What is the main element used to make nuclear bombs?
It depends which type it is. It can be Uranium or Plutonium
What things have plutonium?
That may be a difficult question if you are referring to what contains plutonium then nuclear bombs and missiles contain plutonium
What were the bombs filled with that America had dropped on Japan?
There were a great many bombs dropped on Japan, mainly high explosive bombs, and incendiary bombs. The bomb used on Hiroshima was a atomic bomb holding 115 lbs of Uranium 235 (less than 1% of that was used in the explosion). The bomb dropped on Nagasaki was a Plutonium bomb, holding about 13.6 lbs of Plutonium. (about 20% of that was used up in the explosion)
What element is used in the original nuclear weapons created in the 1940s?
Both Uranium-235 and Plutonium-239 were used to fuel the WW2 fission bombs. Both are still used, although there is a preference for Plutonium now.
What were the atomic bombs and why and how were they used?
The only atomic bombs used against mankind were the ones dropped over Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6 and 9 1945 which were fueled by uranium and plutonium.
