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Compared to the one used on Hiroshima, the Nagasaki bomb was rounder and fatter, so it was called "Fat Man." The fissile material was

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plutonium 239
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plutonium 237
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uranium 235
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uranium 239
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Solution

The correct option is C plutonium 239
Plutonium 239
Fat man was an implosive type nuclear weapon with solid plutonium core.

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