Trinity test device

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The Trinity test device was the first nuclear explosive ever detonated, a plutonium-based implosion bomb tested by the Manhattan Project in July 1945.

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Prompt

Generate an image of the Trinity test device (The Trinity test device was the first nuclear explosive ever detonated, a plutonium-based implosion bomb tested by the Manhattan Project in July 1945.)

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Label Occurrences
Trinity nuclear test 19
Trinity test 8
Trinity test device canonical 4

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf atomic bomb ⓘ
nuclear explosive device ⓘ
plutonium implosion bomb ⓘ
associatedWith World War II ⓘ
nuclear weapons development ⓘ
codeName The Gadget ⓘ
coreShape solid plutonium core ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
craterDepth about 1.5 meters ⓘ
craterDiameter about 80 meters ⓘ
designType implosion-type nuclear weapon ⓘ
developer Los Alamos Laboratory ⓘ
Manhattan Engineer District ⓘ
diameter about 1.5 meters ⓘ
explosiveLensType high-explosive lenses ⓘ
firstOf first nuclear explosive ever detonated ⓘ
fissileMaterial plutonium-239 ⓘ
hasComponent detonators ⓘ
explosive lenses ⓘ
neutron initiator ⓘ
plutonium pit ⓘ
steel containment shell ⓘ
tamper ⓘ
historicalSignificance marked beginning of nuclear age ⓘ
influenced Fat Man nuclear bomb ⓘ
linked to: Fat Man
length about 3.25 meters ⓘ
locationRelativeTo about 35 miles southeast of Socorro, New Mexico ⓘ
mountedOn 100-foot steel tower ⓘ
mushroomCloudHeight about 12 kilometers ⓘ
partOf Manhattan Project ⓘ
producedMaterial trinitite ⓘ
purpose proof-of-concept test of implosion design ⓘ
resultedIn successful nuclear detonation ⓘ
safetyFeature remote detonation system ⓘ
similarTo Fat Man bomb design ⓘ
linked to: Fat Man
supervisedBy J. Robert Oppenheimer ⓘ
testDate 1945-07-16 ⓘ
testedAt Trinity test ⓘ
linked to: Trinity test device
testedBy United States Army ⓘ
United States Army Corps of Engineers ⓘ
testSite Jornada del Muerto desert ⓘ
New Mexico ⓘ
White Sands Proving Ground ⓘ
testTime 05:29:21 local time ⓘ
testYield about 21 kilotons of TNT ⓘ
usedExplosives Baratol ⓘ
Composition B ⓘ
weight about 5.4 metric tons ⓘ

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Referenced by (32)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Los Alamos Laboratory → designed → Trinity test device ⓘ
Oppenheimer (2023 film) → portrays → Trinity nuclear test ⓘ
linked to: Trinity test device
Hanford Site → producedMaterialFor → Trinity test device ⓘ
subject linked to: Hanford Site, Washington
Trinity test site, New Mexico → notableEvent → Trinity nuclear test ⓘ
linked to: Trinity test device
Manhattan Engineer District → conductedTest → Trinity nuclear test ⓘ
subject linked to: MED
linked to: Trinity test device
B Reactor → producedPlutoniumFor → Trinity test device ⓘ
Project Y → notableEvent → Trinity nuclear test ⓘ
linked to: Trinity test device
Fat Man → predecessor → Trinity test device ⓘ
Fat Man → relatedTest → Trinity nuclear test ⓘ
linked to: Trinity test device
Trinity test device → testedAt → Trinity test ⓘ
linked to: Trinity test device
White Sands Missile Range → notableEvent → Trinity nuclear test ⓘ
linked to: Trinity test device
Manhattan Project sites → significantEvent → Trinity nuclear test ⓘ
linked to: Trinity test device
B Reactor → producedPlutoniumFor → Trinity test ⓘ
subject linked to: Hanford production reactors
linked to: Trinity test device
Robert F. Christy → participatedIn → Trinity nuclear test ⓘ
linked to: Trinity test device
Able → precededBy → Trinity test ⓘ
linked to: Trinity test device
Now It Can Be Told: The Story of the Manhattan Project → describesEvent → Trinity nuclear test ⓘ
linked to: Trinity test device
Manhattan District → testInvolved → Trinity test ⓘ
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United States nuclear weapons testing → hasPart → Trinity test ⓘ
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United States nuclear weapons testing → notableEvent → Trinity test ⓘ
linked to: Trinity test device
United States nuclear weapons testing → firstTest → Trinity test ⓘ
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Meitner–Frisch interpretation of fission → preceded → Trinity nuclear test ⓘ
linked to: Trinity test device
Atomic Age → hasKeyEvent → Trinity nuclear test ⓘ
linked to: Trinity test device
Able-Baker series of tests → precededBy → Trinity test ⓘ
linked to: Trinity test device
Operation Centerboard I → precededBy → Trinity nuclear test ⓘ
linked to: Trinity test device
United States Nuclear Tests July 1945 through September 1992 (DOE/NV-209) → includesEvent → Trinity nuclear test ⓘ
linked to: Trinity test device
United States Nuclear Tests July 1945 through September 1992 (DOE/NV-209) → relatedTo → Trinity nuclear test of July 1945 ⓘ
linked to: Trinity test device
Doctor Atomic → focusesOnEvent → Trinity nuclear test ⓘ
linked to: Trinity test device
United States nuclear weapons program → significantEvent → Trinity nuclear test ⓘ
linked to: Trinity test device
Los Alamos, New Mexico → associatedWith → Trinity nuclear test ⓘ
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Jornada del Muerto → notableEventNearby → Trinity nuclear test ⓘ
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Oppenheimer (TV series) → depictsEvent → Trinity nuclear test ⓘ
linked to: Trinity test device
Donald F. Hornig → notableEvent → Trinity nuclear test ⓘ
subject linked to: Hornig
linked to: Trinity test device