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has gloss | eng: The term insertion time is used to describe the length of time which is required to rearrange a subcritical mass of fissile material into a critical mass. This is one of the three main requirements in a nuclear weapon design to create a working fission atomic bomb. The need for a short insertion time with plutonium is the reason why the implosion method was chosen for the first plutonium bomb, while with uranium-235 it is possible to use a gun design. |
lexicalization | eng: insertion time |
instance of | (noun) a weapon of mass destruction whose explosive power derives from a nuclear reaction atomic weapon, nuclear weapon |
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