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Which bomb was dropped on Nagasaki on August 9, 1945?
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Atomic bomb
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Plutonium bomb
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Radon bomb
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Hydrogen bomb
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Fat Man, which was dropped on Nagasaki, was the more complex of the two. A bulbous, 10-ft. bomb containing a sphere of the metal plutonium 239, it was surrounded by blocks of high explosives that were designed to produce a highly accurate and symmetrical implosion.
Detailed explanation-2: -The fissile material for the Hiroshima bomb was uranium-235. Inside the bomb, the enriched uranium was divided into two pieces, both smaller than a critical mass.
Detailed explanation-3: -This implosion-type plutonium bomb, nicknamed Fat Man, weighed 10, 800 pounds. The bomb was dropped on Nagasaki, Japan, August 9, 1945, at 11:01 AM.
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