Uranium enrichment during Manhattan Project

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Uranium_enrichment_during_Manhattan_Project
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:employs thousands of workers
gptkbp:endDate 1946
gptkbp:fundedBy gptkb:United_States_government
gptkbp:goal produce weapons-grade uranium
gptkbp:hasFacility gptkb:Clinton_Engineer_Works
gptkb:K-25_plant
gptkb:S-50_plant
gptkb:Y-12_plant
gptkbp:hasMethod gaseous diffusion
electromagnetic separation
liquid thermal diffusion
thermal diffusion
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Uranium enrichment during Manhattan Project
gptkbp:location gptkb:Oak_Ridge,_Tennessee
gptkbp:oversees gptkb:Philip_Abelson
gptkb:Ernest_O._Lawrence
gptkb:Harold_Urey
gptkb:Jesse_Beams
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Manhattan_Project
gptkbp:producedIsotope gptkb:Uranium-235
gptkbp:producedMaterial enriched uranium
gptkbp:relatedTo atomic bomb development
gptkbp:resultedIn first use of uranium enrichment on industrial scale
gptkbp:startDate 1942
gptkbp:usedChemical gptkb:uranium_hexafluoride
gptkbp:usedFor gptkb:Little_Boy_atomic_bomb
gptkbp:usedRawMaterial uranium ore
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Clusius-Dickel_isotope_separation_process
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6