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An explosion is a rapid expansion in volume of a given amount of matter associated with an extreme outward release of energy, usually with the generation of high temperatures and release of high-pressure gases.
This is a list of accidental explosions and facts about each one, grouped by the time of their occurrence. It does not include explosions caused by terrorist attacks or arson, as well as intentional explosions for civil or military purposes.
From tragic munitions accidents, to intentional acts of wartime destruction, to spontaneous cosmic cataclysms, here are 10 of the most powerful explosions in recorded history... with a surprise...
explosive, any substance or device that can be made to produce a volume of rapidly expanding gas in an extremely brief period. There are three fundamental types: mechanical, nuclear, and chemical. A mechanical explosive is one that depends on a physical reaction, such as overloading a container with compressed air.
At least 32 people, including two children, were killed and thousands more injured, many seriously, after communication devices, some used by the armed group Hezbollah, dramatically exploded across...
At least 20 people were killed and over 450 injured after walkie-talkie explosions in Lebanon, the country’s health ministry says, one day after blasts targeting Hezbollah pagers injured...
At least 14 people are dead and 450 injured in Lebanon after walkie-talkies detonated in a fresh wave of explosions, a security source tells CNN, one day after pager blasts across the country...
As the Cold War escalated in the years after WWII, the U.S. and the Soviet Union tested bombs that were at least 500 times greater in explosive power. This infographic visually compares the 10 largest nuclear explosions in history. After exploding, nuclear bombs create giant fireballs that generate a blinding flash and a searing heatwave.
Nuclear explosions produce high levels of ionizing radiation and radioactive debris that is harmful to humans and can cause moderate to severe skin burns, eye damage, radiation sickness, radiation-induced cancer and possible death depending on how far a person is from the blast radius. [1]
An explosion is a sudden, violent change of potential energy to work, which transfers to its surroundings in the form of a rapidly moving rise in pressure called a blast wave or shock wave. The shock wave can cause substantial damage.