uranium bomb
Fissile mass explosive
A uranium bomb is a nuclear weapon that derives its explosive force from the fission of uranium-235.
The bomb dropped on Hiroshima in 1945 was a uranium bomb.
Distinguished from plutonium bombs, which use a different fissile material, and hydrogen bombs, which use nuclear fusion.
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- nuclear weaponExplosive using atomic fission
- fissionNuclear breakup releasing energy
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- detonationExplosive ignition event
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