uranium slug

Spanish translation: bala / proyectil de uranio

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English term or phrase:uranium slug
Spanish translation:bala / proyectil de uranio
Entered by: Charles Davis

10:46 Dec 29, 2011
English to Spanish translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Military / Defense
English term or phrase: uranium slug
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Gun bombs, on the other hand, were blunt instruments needing little more than raw force to work. Take two pieces of enriched uranium-235 of a certain combined total mass. Smash them together, hard. Critical mass is reached, and a nuclear explosion results. The type’s name came from the first example of the kind, the bomb dropped on Hiroshima; it literally was a length of gun barrel, a URANIUM SLUG fired from one end into a larger piece at the other.

¿Alguna idea? Porque lo de babosa me parece a mí que no funciona...

¡Gracias por adelantado!

Laura
Laura Rodríguez Manso
Local time: 18:18
bala de uranio
Explanation:
"Una vez activada, la carga propulsaría una bala de uranio por el tubo del cañon hasta el interior de los anillos de uranio colocados en el morro de la bomba, a fin de obtener la masa crítica necesaria para iniciar la reacción en cadena explosiva."
http://juanmago.com/2011/02/12/es-hiroshima/

"Slug" significa también bala.
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Charles Davis
Spain
Local time: 18:18
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¡Gracias, Charles!
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2proyectil de uranio
Montse S.
4 +1bala de uranio
Charles Davis
3tarugo de uranio
Christian [email protected]


  

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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
bala de uranio


Explanation:
"Una vez activada, la carga propulsaría una bala de uranio por el tubo del cañon hasta el interior de los anillos de uranio colocados en el morro de la bomba, a fin de obtener la masa crítica necesaria para iniciar la reacción en cadena explosiva."
http://juanmago.com/2011/02/12/es-hiroshima/

"Slug" significa también bala.

Charles Davis
Spain
Local time: 18:18
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 52
Grading comment
¡Gracias, Charles!
Notes to answerer
Asker: ¡Gracias, Charles! A veces lo más simple es lo más difícil de encontrar... :)


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Alistair Ian Spearing Ortiz
17 mins
  -> Thanks, Alistair, and Happy New Year :)
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54 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
proyectil de uranio


Explanation:
Otra posibilidad.


    Reference: http://www.lasemana.es/afondo/afondo.php?cod=63
    Reference: http://cienciaes.com/ciencianuestra/2011/11/22/-que-es-el-ur...
Montse S.
Spain
Local time: 18:18
Native speaker of: Native in CatalanCatalan, Native in SpanishSpanish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Martin Damiano Alcorta
2 hrs
  -> Gracias Martin

agree  Emiliano Pantoja
5 days
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15 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
tarugo de uranio


Explanation:
otra posibilidad...

Christian [email protected]
United States
Local time: 12:18
Native speaker of: Spanish
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