Approx. volumes of the Fat Man Pu core (6.2 kg) versus the amount of uranium metal it took to produce it (~28 tons).pic.twitter.com/nnLWeminrQ
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@wellerstein Remarkable how *little* space 28 tons of U takes up; atomic density hit home for me first time I lifted a small block of lead.
@GWilliamThomas @AstuteDoofus I thought that too but I started looking up volumes for other pure metals and they are not too different
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@wellerstein@GWilliamThomas If that is the solid Christy core, how big were the next gen cores be for the same KT?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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