Sentence examples for detonation the from inspiring English sources

Upon detonation, the chemical energy in the explosive is liberated, and the compact explosive becomes transformed into a glowing gas with an enormous pressure.

The radiation leak that began in the WIPP disposal chamber half a mile below ground on 14 February, 2014, "did not result from a detonation," the report showed.

The shaped charge was an explosive formed into a hollow cone and lined with heavy metal; upon detonation, the explosive gases and molten metal formed a high-velocity jet capable of punching through armour.

COMPARED with a thermonuclear detonation, the destructive power of even a large amount of conventional explosives wrapped in nuclear fuel or other radiological material is rather tame, notes Thomas Reed, who has designed two American nuclear weapons.

Satellite photos taken just two days ago showed additional activity at North Korea's Punggye-ri test site that is "probably related to preparations for a detonation", the US-Korea Institute at Johns Hopkins University said.

Meanwhile, in the process of watching for a nuclear detonation, the detection system's sensors — designed to observe visible light, high-frequency radio waves, X-rays, gamma rays and other data that might point to a nuclear explosion — stream an amazing array of data on powerful lightning strikes, space hazards like meteoroids and man-made debris and severe solar and space weather events.

The group pinpointed the detonation of the Russian bomb to within an hour on Aug. 29, 1949.

Then he yells "Rifle!" and fires the missile, watching until "Splash," the detonation of the missile warhead.

The detonation of the NM/Al mix sends a shock wave into the inner cylinder wall.

The detonation of the bomb blew a 2 by hole in the flight deck.

The test in question -- code name, Trinity -- is the detonation of the first atomic bomb.