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Implosion is a key part of the gravitational collapse of large stars, which can lead to the creation of supernovas, neutron stars and black holes. In the most common case, the innermost part of a large star (called the core ) stops burning and without this source of heat , the forces holding electrons and protons apart are no longer strong ...
Building implosion, which reduces to seconds a process which could take months or years to achieve by other methods, typically occurs in urban areas [citation needed] and often involves large landmark structures. The actual use of the term "implosion" to refer to the destruction of a building is a misnomer.
During implosion of a hollow pit, the plutonium layer accelerates inwards, colliding in the middle and forming a supercritical highly dense sphere. Due to the added momentum, the plutonium itself plays part of the role of the tamper, requiring a smaller amount of uranium in the tamper layer, reducing the warhead weight and size.
A U.S. Navy analysis of acoustic data “detected an anomaly consistent with an implosion or explosion” near the Titan around the time it lost communications Sunday, a senior Navy official said.
Implosion-type nuclear weapon In phonetics, an airstream mechanism associated with implosive consonants Gravitational collapse (and more specifically, core collapse) in cosmology
Explosion of unserviceable ammunition and other military items The explosion of the Castle Bravo nuclear bomb.. 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.
Mr Cameron added that he found the similarities between the two tragedies ironic. “I am struck by the similarity of the Titanic disaster itself, where the captain was repeatedly warned about the ...
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