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Fat Man bombs were used at [[Trinity (atomic explosion)]] and on the civilian population of [[Nagasaki]], on August 9, 1945. | Fat Man bombs were used at [[Trinity (atomic explosion)]] and on the civilian population of [[Nagasaki]], on August 9, 1945. | ||
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* [[Manhattan Project]] | * [[Manhattan Project]] | ||
* [[Atomic bomb]] | * [[Atomic bomb]] | ||
Latest revision as of 05:06, June 27, 2016
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 civilian population of Nagasaki, on August 9, 1945.