Nuclear weapon
device · 1945 · Digital age
A weapon based on a fission chain reaction or fusion.
What it is made of
- Plutonium sphere — has part. A plutonium core.
- Implosion explosive lens — has part. It compresses the core with an explosion.
- Neutron initiator — has part. It starts the chain reaction.
Principles and materials it uses
- Chain reaction — uses. An uncontrolled chain reaction.
- Uranium — uses. Uranium-235 or plutonium.
Things built in a similar way
- Nuclear reactor — works like. The same physics: a controlled and an uncontrolled chain reaction.