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Element used in an explosive ingredient in nuclear weapons?

The radioactive elements plutonium or uranium are the elements that are used in nuclear weapons that create nuclear fission. Isotopes of hydrogen are used in nuclear weapons that create nuclear fusion.


What element is used as an explosive ingredient in nuclear weapons?

uranium


What metallic element is used in nuclear weapons?

Uranium or plutonium


What element is used in explosive nuclear weapons?

Plutonium or Uranium .


The element that used as an explosive ingredient ia nuclear weapons?

Uranium - 235


Were nuclear weapons used in the Korean war?

No nuclear weapons were used in the korean war


The element that is used as a ingredient in nuclear weapons?

Uranium, Plutonium, Hydrogen, Lithium (depending on the specific bomb design)


What is the definition of uranium?

Uranium is a solid metal, natural chemical element with 3 natural isotopes, radioactive, with the atomic number 92, used as fuel in nuclear reactors and nuclear weapons.


Is technetium used for atomic bombs?

Technetium is not a naturally occurring element like uranium or plutonium but produced as a result of nuclear transformations, typically in a nuclear reactor. It has never been used in the making of nuclear weapons.


What countries used nuclear weapons in the Vietnam War?

None. No nuclear weapons were used in Viet Nam.


What atoll was used by the US for nuclear weapons testing?

The Bikini atoll was used for nuclear weapons testing.


Why do you have nuclear weapons?

Some of the countries have nuclear weapons because they use them as a defense mechanism. The nuclear weapons are intended to be used whenever there is a war.