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Fat Man had a radioactive core of [[plutonium]]. The bomb ignited through the "implosion method," whereby the explosives surrounding the plutonium exploded, setting off a shock wave that compressed the plutonium so much that it set off a nuclear explosion. | Fat Man had a radioactive core of [[plutonium]]. The bomb ignited through the "implosion method," whereby the explosives surrounding the plutonium exploded, setting off a shock wave that compressed the plutonium so much that it set off a nuclear explosion. | ||
| − | Fat Man bombs were used at [[Trinity (atomic explosion)]] and on the | + | Fat Man bombs were used at [[Trinity (atomic explosion)]] and on the population of [[Nagasaki]], on August 9, 1945, as to potentially save millions of lives by ending [[World War Two]]. |
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
Revision as of 07:50, February 8, 2013
Fat Man was the name given to one of the two types of atomic bombs first produced at Los Alamos.
Fat Man had a radioactive core of plutonium. The bomb ignited through the "implosion method," whereby the explosives surrounding the plutonium exploded, setting off a shock wave that compressed the plutonium so much that it set off a nuclear explosion.
Fat Man bombs were used at Trinity (atomic explosion) and on the population of Nagasaki, on August 9, 1945, as to potentially save millions of lives by ending World War Two.