What was the fissionable material used in the bombs dropped at Nagasaki (Japan) in the year 1945?
- ASodium
- BPotassium
- CPlutonium
- DUranium
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Correct answer: (c) Plutonium
Explanation
The Nagasaki bomb ("Fat Man", 1945) used Plutonium (Pu, atomic number 94) as its fissionable material.
The earlier Hiroshima bomb used Uranium, which is why uranium is a tempting distractor.
Sodium and potassium are reactive metals, not fissionable nuclear fuels.