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The Plutonium Core of an Atom Bomb - Periodic Table of Videos

2020-06-18

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Professor Martyn Poliakoff discusses atom bombs with a Plutonium core - including the crucial role of Gallium.

Extra footage from this interview at: /youtube/video/KyEn4On9S-8

More links and info in full description ↓↓↓

Previous video on Gallium: /youtube/video/wNf1rBjCaPk

Plutonium video: /youtube/video/89UNPdNtOoE

The Making of the Atomic Bomb is a good read: https://amzn.to/3hEu7ds

The Trinity Test and Fat Man bombs were Plutonium-based - the Hiroshima bomb was Uranium.

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