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Demon core

The demon core was a sphere of plutonium–gallium alloy that was involved in two fatal radiation accidents when scientists tested it as a fissile core of an early atomic bomb. It was manufactured in 1945 by the Manhattan Project, the U.S. nuclear weapon development effort during World War II. It was a subcritical mass that weighed 6.2 kilograms (14 lb)…

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Demon core

Nodes70
Edges69
Triples38
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.028571
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Demon core

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related to history · 23
Demon core → Alamogordo Bombing, As, August, Gunnery Range, Hanford Site, HS-1, HS-5, HS-7, HS-8, It, July, Los Alamos, Los Alamos Laboratory, Material, Nagasaki, R-1, R-2, R-3, September, The
related to In popular culture · 5
Demon core → Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer, Slotin, The, While
related to Planned uses and fate of the core · 5
Demon core → Able, Baker, Charlie, Operation Crossroads, The
related to External links · 4
Demon core → Demon, Media, Wikimedia Commons, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2

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core radiation criticality slotin neutron august demon later los alamos two use accidents nuclear material reflector plutonium 1945 laboratory 1946

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the compression of the solid metallic coreinstance ofthey are only likely to occur under conditions0.80text
Demon corerelated to External linksWiktionary-logo-en-v20.60section
Demon corerelated to External linksMedia0.60section
Demon corerelated to External linksDemon0.60section
Demon corerelated to External linksWikimedia Commons0.60section
Demon corerelated to historyThe0.60section
Demon corerelated to historyNagasaki0.60section
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Demon corerelated to historyTrinity Test0.60section
Demon corerelated to historyAlamogordo Bombing0.60section
Demon corerelated to historyGunnery Range0.60section
Demon corerelated to historyJuly0.60section

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