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Which isotope of plutonium is used in nuclear bombs?(a) P-238(b) P-239(c) P-240(d) P-241I got this question in unit test.Origin of the question is D and F-Block Elements topic in portion D and F-Block Elements of Chemistry – Class 12

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Correct answer is (B) P-239

To ELABORATE: The most common plutonium isotope formed in a typical nuclear REACTOR is the fissile Pu-239, formed by neutron capture from U-238 (followed by BETA decay), and which when fissioned yields much the same energy as the fission of U-235.



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