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Pluntonium? In semiconductor manufacturing? Tell me more please.
by binarymax 2y ago
Pluntonium? In semiconductor manufacturing? Tell me more please.
- mystified5016 2y ago> The Black Hills are a relatively obscure source of the semiconductor-grade quartz we use in everything from chips to nuclear warheads. Maybe read the thread you're replying to?
- kevindamm 2y agoNuclear warheads have electronics with very sensitive timing requirements. It is these components, and not the processing of fissile material, that the quartz is needed for.
- pfdietz 2y agoI see. If a component is in a nuclear warhead, it must be made of plutonium. The things one learns!
- gosub100 2y agoI just saw that it was the target of "non-proliferation protestors" so I thought it had some arcane use as a component of a warhead.
- a_vanderbilt 2y agoThey have a use, but my ability to talk about it is limited.