"Explode" redirects here. For the Nelly Furtado song, see Explode (song).
Black smoke from an explosion rising after a bomb goes off outside the road beside Nahr al-Bared
 Detonation of a MICLIC to destroy a 1km in depth blast resistant minefield in Iraq. An explosion is a sudden increase in volume and release of energy in an extreme manner, usually with the generation of high temperatures and the release of gases. An explosion creates a shock wave. Explode is a pop song written by Canadian singer-songwriter Nelly Furtado and Gerald Eaton for Furtados second studio album Folklore (2003). ...
Explosions in the Sky is an American instrumental post-rock band from Texas. ...
(A ∧ ¬A)→ B Ex falso quodlibet, also known as ex contradictione (sequitur) quodlibet or the principle of explosion is the rule of classical logic that states that anything follows from a contradiction. ...
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Nahr al-Bared, Palestinian refugee camp in northern Lebanon. ...
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M58 Mine Clearing Line Charge (MICLIC) The M58 Mine Clearing Line Charge (MICLIC) is a rocket projected explosive line charge which provides a close-in breaching capability for maneuver forces. ...
For other uses, see Volume (disambiguation). ...
Temperature is the physical property of a system which underlies the common notions of hot and cold; the material with the higher temperature is said to be hotter. ...
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Introduction The shock wave is one of several different ways in which a gas in a supersonic flow can be compressed. ...
Types of explosives
Natural Explosions do not commonly occur in nature. Below Earth, most natural explosions arise from volcanic processes of various sorts. Explosive volcanic eruptions occur when magma rising from below has much dissolved gas in it; the reduction of pressure as the magma rises causes the gas to bubble out of solution, resulting in a rapid increase in volume. Explosions also occur as a result of impact events. On other planets, volcanoes and impacts cause explosions with various frequency. Cleveland Volcano in the Aleutian Islands of Alaska photographed from the International Space Station For other uses, see Volcano (disambiguation). ...
Magma is molten rock located beneath the surface of the Earth (or any other terrestrial planet), and which often collects in a magma chamber. ...
This article is about pressure in the physical sciences. ...
Artists impression of a major impact event. ...
This article is about volcanoes in geology. ...
Chemical -
The most common artificial explosives are chemical explosives, usually involving a rapid and violent oxidation reaction that produces large amounts of hot gas. Gunpowder was the first explosive to be discovered and put to use. Other notable early developments in chemical explosive technology were Frederick Augustus Abel's development of nitrocellulose in 1865 and Alfred Nobel's invention of dynamite in 1866. This article is concerned solely with chemical explosives. ...
This article is concerned solely with chemical explosives. ...
A chemical substance is any material substance used in or obtained by a process in chemistry: A chemical compound is a substance consisting of two or more chemical elements that are chemically combined in fixed proportions. ...
The most fundamental reactions in chemistry are the redox processes. ...
A modern black powder substitute for muzzleloading rifles in FFG size Gunpowder (also called black powder) is a pyrotechnic composition, an explosive mixture of sulfur, charcoal and potassium nitrate (also known as saltpetre or saltpeter) that burns rapidly, producing volumes of hot solids and gases which can be used as...
Sir Frederick Augustus Abel, Bart. ...
Skeletal formula of nitrocellulose Ball-and-stick model of a section of nitrocellulose Nitrocellulose (also: cellulose nitrate, flash paper) is a highly flammable compound formed by nitrating cellulose through exposure to nitric acid or another powerful nitrating agent. ...
Year 1865 (MDCCLXV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...
(October 21, 1833, Stockholm, Sweden—December 10, 1896, Sanremo, Italy) was a Swedish chemist, engineer, innovator, armaments manufacturer and the inventor of dynamite. ...
This article is about a high explosive. ...
1866 (MDCCCLXVI) is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ...
Nuclear -
A nuclear weapon is a type of explosive weapon that derives its destructive force from the nuclear reaction of fission or from a combination of fission and fusion. As a result, even a nuclear weapon with a small yield is significantly more powerful than the largest conventional explosives available, with a single weapon capable of destroying an entire city. An American nuclear test. ...
Electrical A high current electrical fault can create an electrical explosion by forming a high energy electrical arc which rapidly vaporizes metal and insulation material. Also, excessive magnetic pressure within an ultra-strong electromagnet can cause a magnetic explosion. A 3000 volt electricity arc between two nails Electricity arcs between the power rail and electrical pickup shoe on a London Underground train An electric arc can melt calcium oxide An electric arc is an electrical breakdown of a gas which produces an ongoing plasma discharge, resulting from a current...
Magnetic Pressure is the pressure applied by a magnetic field on to the container that is containing the magnetic field. ...
An electromagnet is a type of magnet in which the magnetic field is produced by the flow of an electric current. ...
Vapour Boiling liquid expanding vapour explosions are a type of explosion that can occur when a vessel containing a pressurized liquid is ruptured, causing a rapid increase in volume as the liquid evaporates. A BLEVE erupting from a tanker. ...
Astronomical Solar flares are an example of explosion common on the Sun, and presumably on most other stars as well. The energy source for solar flare activity comes from the tangling of magnetic field lines resulting from the rotation of the Sun's conductive plasma. A solar flare observed by Hinode in the G-band. ...
Sol redirects here. ...
This article is about the astronomical object. ...
For the indie-pop band, see The Magnetic Fields. ...
For other uses, see Plasma. ...
Mechanical Strictly a physical process, as opposed to chemical or nuclear, eg, a the bursting of a sealed or partially-sealed container under internal pressure is often referred to as a 'mechanical explosion'. Examples include an overheated boiler or a simple tin can of beans tossed into a fire. A BLEVE (see above) is one type of mechanical explosion, but depending on the contents of the container, the effects can be dramatically more serious - consider a propane tank in the midst of a fire. In such a case, to the limited effects of the simple mechanical explosion when the tank fails are added the chemical explosion resulting from the released (initially liquid and then almost instanteaously gaseous) propane in the presence of an ignition source. For this reason, emergency workers often differentiate between the two events. A BLEVE erupting from a tanker. ...
Among the largest known explosions in the universe are supernovae, which result from stars exploding, and gamma ray bursts, whose nature is still in some dispute. For other uses, see Supernova (disambiguation). ...
The image above shows the optical afterglow of gamma ray burst GRB-990123 taken on January 23, 1999. ...
Notable explosions - Further information: List of the largest artificial non-nuclear explosions
Since the invention of high explosives, there have been a number of extremely large explosions, many accidental. ...
Chemical explosions The Halifax Explosion occurred on Thursday, December 6, 1917, when the City of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, was devastated by the huge detonation of a French cargo ship, fully loaded with wartime explosives, that had accidentally collided with a Norwegian ship in The Narrows section of the Halifax Harbour. ...
The Battle of Messines was launched on June 7, 1917 by British General Herbert Plumers second army, which included the 16th (Irish) Division and the 36th (Ulster) Division, near the villages of Mesen (in French Messines, as it was on most maps at that time) and Wytschaete. ...
Crater after the Oppau explosion. ...
The Bombay Explosion (or Bombay Docks Explosion) occurred on April 14, 1944, in the Victoria Dock of Bombay (now Mumbai) when SS Fort Stikine carrying a mixed cargo of cotton bales, gold, ammunition including around 1,400 tons of explosive caught fire and was destroyed in two giant blasts, scattering...
Damage at the Port Chicago Pier after the 17 July 1944 explosion The Port Chicago disaster was a deadly explosion that took place on July 17, 1944 at the Port Chicago Naval Magazine in Port Chicago, California, in the United States. ...
The Fauld Explosion was one of the largest man-made disasters in history, and the largest ever in England. ...
The Texas City Disaster of April 16, 1947, started with the mid-morning fire and detonation of approximately 17,000,000 pounds (8,500 tons) of ammonium nitrate on board the French-registered vessel SS Grandcamp in the port at Texas City, Texas, killing 581 people. ...
The R-16 Missile that caused the catastrophe. ...
Two N1 Moon rockets appear on the pads at Baikonur Cosmodrome in early July 1969. ...
The Flixborough disaster was an explosion at a chemical plant close to the village of Flixborough (near Scunthorpe), North Lincolnshire, England, on 1 June 1974. ...
See the video The PEPCON disaster was an industrial disaster that occurred near Henderson, Nevada on May 4, 1988 at The Pacific Engineering Production Company of Nevada (PEPCON) plant. ...
A view of Black Mountain above Henderson, Nevada. ...
The RyongchÅn disaster was a train disaster that occurred in the town of RyongchÅn, North Korea near the border with China on April 22, 2004. ...
The Hertfordshire Oil Storage Terminal, known locally as the Buncefield oil depot, is an oil depot located on the edge of Hemel Hempstead (Grid reference TL087084) to the north of London in the United Kingdom. ...
Nuclear testing The Trinity test was the first test of a nuclear weapon, conducted by the United States on July 16, 1945 at , thirty miles (48 km) southeast of Socorro on what is now White Sands Missile Range, headquartered near Alamogordo, New Mexico. ...
A black-and-white photograph of the Castle Bravo mushroom cloud. ...
Tsar Bomba (, literally Emperor Bomb) is the Western name for the RDS-220 hydrogen bomb (codenamed Иван (Ivan) by its developers) — the largest, most powerful nuclear weapon ever detonated. ...
Use in war - Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
For other uses, see Hiroshima (disambiguation). ...
Megane-bashi (Spectacles Bridge) Nagasaki listen? (長崎市; -shi, literally long peninsula) is the capital and the largest city of Nagasaki Prefecture located at the south-western coast of Kyushu, Japan. ...
Exploding volcanoes Santorini (Greek ΣαντοÏίνη, IPA: ) is a small, circular archipelago of volcanic islands located in southern Aegean Sea, about 200 km south-east from Greeces mainland. ...
This article is about the volcano. ...
For the mountain in California, see Mount Saint Helena. ...
Mount Tambora (or Tomboro) is an active stratovolcano on Sumbawa island, Indonesia. ...
Mount Pinatubo is an active stratovolcano located on the island of Luzon in the Philippines, at the intersection of the borders of the provinces of Zambales, Tarlac, and Pampanga. ...
The Yellowstone Caldera is a volcanic caldera in Yellowstone National Park in the United States. ...
See also A dust explosion refers to the explosive combustion of a dust suspended in air in an enclosed location. ...
The explosive limit of a gas or a vapour, is the limiting concentration (in air) that is needed for the gas to ignite and explode. ...
In an explosion (top), force radiates away from a source. ...
An underwater explosion, also known as an UNDEX, is an explosion beneath the surface of water. ...
The atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Japan on August 9, 1945 A mushroom cloud is a distinctive mushroom-shaped cloud of smoke, flame, or debris resulting from a very large explosion. ...
Pulse pressure is the change in blood pressure seen during a contraction of the heart. ...
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