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If you are asking about the only two nuclear bombs used against a nation in world war two, I will answer it. The nuclear bomb used in Hiroshima was an uranium bomb. The second one used in Nagasaki was a plutonium bomb.
Radium could have been used in the neutron source, but is far too expensive and gives off too much Beta & Gamma radiation which could have damaged the bomb. Polonium was used in the neutron source instead.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 11y agoYou don't, radium is not used in any nuclear weapon. It is far more expensive per gram than weapons grade uranium or plutonium (which are quite expensive themselves) and would be of no use that could not be done with less expensive materials.
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∙ 14y agono it is a Radiological bomb, which means it is meant to explode and spread radioactive material over a large area
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∙ 12y agoNope not to my knowledge anyway. It was used for EVERYTHING in America in the 1920's as it intrested them as it glows in the dark. It was later found to be radioactive.
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∙ 13y agoA radium bomb would simply be a grossly over expensive radiological weapon (conventional bomb jacketed in radioisotopes for dispersal). Radium costs too much to be practical for this purpose.
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Is radium a compound or a element?
Radium is a chemical element, not a compound.
What is the cost of radium?
Radium is not a common commercial product.
What is radium chloride?
Radium chloride, RaCl2, was the first radium compound to be prepared in a pure state and was the basis of Marie Curie's original separation of radium from barium. The first preparation of radium metal was by the electrolysis of a solution of radium chloride using a mercury cathode.
What is radium common name?
The first name was radium; some isotopes had in the past other names.
What city is farther west Port Radium or Guadalajara?
PORT RADIUM
Is radium used in a uranium bomb?
No, any link
Did the united state officials know about the health affects of atomic bombs before you bombed japan?
yes, they had been informed that the bomb would produce "radium like" materials and the health effects of radium were well known.
Can atoms be used for energy?
That may depend. Atoms have stored in to them megatons of energy. For example, the atomic bomb's designs were based off of radium and plutonium charges. However, when the weapon was activated, it split atoms, causing the explosions. The radium's radioactivity caused the spread of radiation.
Can radium bombs be very destructive as it is million times radioactive than uranium?
The reason why an atomic bomb produces such a large explosion is that certain radioactive isotopes, such as U-235 or plutonium, can be made to undergo a chain reaction in which all the atoms will decay in a very short period of time (a small fraction of a second) releasing all the energy at once. Radium does not do that. However, if you had a substantial quantity of radium you could certainly use it to create radioactive contamination which could induce cancer in many people. That is known as a "dirty bomb".
How do you spell radium?
radium
Is radium a compound or a element?
Radium is a chemical element, not a compound.
What is the cost of radium?
Radium is not a common commercial product.
What is radium chloride?
Radium chloride, RaCl2, was the first radium compound to be prepared in a pure state and was the basis of Marie Curie's original separation of radium from barium. The first preparation of radium metal was by the electrolysis of a solution of radium chloride using a mercury cathode.
What is radium common name?
The first name was radium; some isotopes had in the past other names.
What city is farther west Port Radium or Guadalajara?
PORT RADIUM
How is radium used in prostrate cancer?
radium is helped with cancer by radium is helped with cancer by
What are the compounds of radium?
Some compounds of radium: RaF2, RaCl2, RaI2,RaBr2, RaO, Ra3N2, Ra(OH)2, etc.
