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Explosive material and Little Boy

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Difference between Explosive material and Little Boy

Explosive material vs. Little Boy

An explosive material, also called an explosive, is a reactive substance that contains a great amount of potential energy that can produce an explosion if released suddenly, usually accompanied by the production of light, heat, sound, and pressure. "Little Boy" was the codename for the atomic bomb dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima on 6 August 1945 during World War II by the Boeing B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay, piloted by Colonel Paul W. Tibbets, Jr., commander of the 509th Composite Group of the United States Army Air Forces.

Similarities between Explosive material and Little Boy

Explosive material and Little Boy have 9 things in common (in Unionpedia): Explosive material, Fragmentation (weaponry), Harry S. Truman, Isotope, Nuclear weapon, Plutonium-239, Uranium-235, War, World War II.

Explosive material

An explosive material, also called an explosive, is a reactive substance that contains a great amount of potential energy that can produce an explosion if released suddenly, usually accompanied by the production of light, heat, sound, and pressure.

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Fragmentation (weaponry)

Fragmentation is the process by which the casing of an artillery or mortar shell, rocket, missile, bomb, grenade, etc.

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Harry S. Truman

Harry S. Truman (May 8, 1884 – December 26, 1972) was an American statesman who served as the 33rd President of the United States (1945–1953), taking office upon the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt.

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Isotope

Isotopes are variants of a particular chemical element which differ in neutron number.

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Nuclear weapon

A nuclear weapon is an explosive device that derives its destructive force from nuclear reactions, either fission (fission bomb) or from a combination of fission and fusion reactions (thermonuclear bomb).

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Plutonium-239

Plutonium-239 is an isotope of plutonium.

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Uranium-235

Uranium-235 (235U) is an isotope of uranium making up about 0.72% of natural uranium.

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War

War is a state of armed conflict between states, societies and informal groups, such as insurgents and militias.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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Explosive material and Little Boy Comparison

Explosive material has 306 relations, while Little Boy has 127. As they have in common 9, the Jaccard index is 2.08% = 9 / (306 + 127).

References

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