... at Columbia University designed a system that "worked on the principle of gaseous diffusion."(2) After this process was completed, "Ernest O. Lawrence (inventor of the Cyclotron) at the University of California in Berkeley implemented a process involving magnetic separation of the two isotopes."(2) Finally, a gas centrifuge was used to further separate the Uranium-235 from the Uranium-238. The Uranium-238 is forced to ... many people doubted that it would work. There was a debate at Los Alamos about whether to test the new plutonium 'implosion' bomb before it was actually dropped. "Harv...

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... at Columbia University designed a system that "worked on the principle of gaseous diffusion."(2) After this process was completed, "Ernest O. Lawrence (inventor of the Cyclotron) at the University of California in Berkeley implemented a process involving magnetic separation of the two isotopes."(2) Finally, a gas centrifuge was used to further separate the Uranium-235 from the Uranium-238. The Uranium-238 is forced to ... many people doubted that it would work. There was a debate at Los Alamos about whether to test the new plutonium 'implosion' bomb before it was actually dropped. "Harv...

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• Grade Level: High School

... his associates and colleagues at Columbia University designed a system that worked on the principle of gaseous diffusion. After this process was completed, Ernest O. Lawrence from the university of California in Berkeley implemented a process i nvolving magnetic separation of the two isotopes. Finally, a gas centrifuge was used to further separate the Uranium-235 from the Uranium-238. The Uranium-238 is forced to ... . The plutonium was sent to Los Alamos. There was a debate at Los Alamos about whether to test the new plutonium implosion' bomb before it was actually dropped. "Harvard exp...

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• Grade Level: High School