See 'plutonium' for more and 'explosion' for some mushroom clouds ! From the Internet Wiretap gopher, as part of an article explaining atomic bombs. ============================================================================ - Diagram of a Chain Reaction - ------------------------------- | | | | [1]------------------------------> o . o o . . o_0_o . <-----------------------[2] . o 0 o . . o o . | \|/ ~ . o o. .o o . [3]-----------------------> . o_0_o"o_0_o . . o 0 o~o 0 o . . o o.".o o . | / | \ |/_ | _\| ~~ | ~~ | o o | o o [4]-----------------> o_0_o | o_0_o <---------------[5] o~0~o | o~0~o o o ) | ( o o / o \ / [1] \ / \ / \ / \ o [1] [1] o . o o . . o o . . o o . . o_0_o . . o_0_o . . o_0_o . . o 0 o . <-[2]-> . o 0 o . <-[2]-> . o 0 o . . o o . . o o . . o o . / | \ |/_ \|/ _\| ~~ ~ ~~ . o o. .o o . . o o. .o o . . o o. .o o . . o_0_o"o_0_o . . o_0_o"o_0_o . . o_0_o"o_0_o . . o 0 o~o 0 o . <--[3]--> . o 0 o~o 0 o . <--[3]--> . o 0 o~o 0 o . . o o.".o o . . o o.".o o . . o o.".o o . . | . . | . . | . / | \ / | \ / | \ : | : : | : : | : : | : : | : : | : \:/ | \:/ \:/ | \:/ \:/ | \:/ ~ | ~ ~ | ~ ~ | ~ [4] o o | o o [5] [4] o o | o o [5] [4] o o | o o [5] o_0_o | o_0_o o_0_o | o_0_o o_0_o | o_0_o o~0~o | o~0~o o~0~o | o~0~o o~0~o | o~0~o o o ) | ( o o o o ) | ( o o o o ) | ( o o / | \ / | \ / | \ / | \ / | \ / | \ / | \ / | \ / | \ / | \ / | \ / | \ / o \ / o \ / o \ / [1] \ / [1] \ / [1] \ o o o o o o [1] [1] [1] [1] [1] [1] ============================================================================ - Diagram Outline - --------------------- [1] - Incoming Neutron [2] - Uranium-235 [3] - Uranium-236 [4] - Barium Atom [5] - Krypton Atom =========================================================================== From the ASCII Art USENET News Group From: emc@m-net.arbornet.org (Evan M Corcoran) Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: LINE - Diagrams of Plutonium and Uranium Detonators Followup-To: alt.ascii-art Date: 4 Apr 1994 09:33:16 GMT Organization: Special Patrol Group Lines: 47 Distribution: world Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: nubs98.ccs.itd.umich.edu Status: RO >From the Internet Wiretap gopher. -EMC | Help stop the Belgian menace! Vote NO on soc.culture.belgian! ____________________________________________________________________________ - Diagram - ------------- ____________________________________________________________________________ | [Uranium Detonator] | [Plutonium Detonator] ______________________________________|_____________________________________ _____ | | :| | . [2] . | :| | . ~ \_/ ~ . | [2]:| | .. . .. | :| | [2]| . |[2] | .:| | . ~~~ . . . ~~~ . `...::' | . . . . . _ ~~~ _ | . . ~ . . . `| |':.. | [2]\. . . . [1] . . . ./[2] . | | `:::. | ./ . ~~~ . \. | | `::: | . . : . . . | | :::: | . . . . . | [1] | ::|:: | . ___ . ___ . . `. .' ,::||: | [2]| . |[2] ~~~ ::|||: | .' _ `. .. [2] .::|||:' | . / \ . ::... ..::||||:' | ~ -[2]- ~ :::::::::::::||||::' | ``::::||||||||:'' | ``:::::'' | | | | | [1] = Collision Point | [1] = Collision Point [2] - Uranium Section(s) | [2] = Plutonium Section(s) | | ______________________________________|_____________________________________ From the ASCII Art USENET News Group From: emc@m-net.arbornet.org (Evan M Corcoran) Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: LINE - Atomic Bomb Diagram Followup-To: alt.ascii-art Date: 4 Apr 1994 09:35:26 GMT Organization: Special Patrol Group Lines: 150 Distribution: world Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: nubs98.ccs.itd.umich.edu Status: RO Found on the Internet Wiretap gopher. -EMC --> Help stop the Belgian menace! Vote NO on soc.culture.belgian! ============================================================================ -- [Gravity Bomb Model] ---------------------------- -> Cutaway Sections Visible <- ============================================================================ /\ / \ <---------------------------[1] / \ _________________/______\_________________ | : ||: ~ ~ : | [2]-------> | : ||: : | | : ||: : | | : ||: : | | : ||: : | | : ||: : | | : ||: : | | : ||: : | | : ||: : | | : ||: : | | : ||: : | | : ||: : | | :______||:_____________________________: | |/_______||/______________________________\| \ ~\ | | / \ |\ | | / \ | \ | | / \ | \ | | / \ |___\ |______________| / \ | \ |~ \ / \|_______\|_________________\_/ |_____________________________| / \ / _________________ \ / _/ \_ \ / __/ \__ \ / / \ \ /__ _/ \_ __\ [3]_______________________________ \ _| / / \ \ \ / / \/ \ \ / / ___________ \ \ | / __/___________\__ \ | | |_ ___ /=================\ ___ _| | [4]---------> _||___|====|[[[[[[[|||]]]]]]]|====|___||_ <--------[4] | | |-----------------| | | | | |o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o| <-------------------[5] | | \_______________/ | | | |__ |: :| __| | | | \______________ |: :| ______________/ | | | | ________________\|: :|/________________ | | | |/ |::::|: :|::::| \| | [6]----------------------> |::::|: :|::::| <---------------------[6] | | |::::|: :|::::| | | | | |::==|: :|== <------------------------[9] | | |::__\: :/__::| | | | | |:: ~: :~ ::| | | [7]----------------------------> \_/ ::| | | | |~\________/~\|:: ~ ::|/~\________/~| | | | ||:: <-------------------------[8] | |_/~~~~~~~~\_/|::_ _ _ _ _::|\_/~~~~~~~~\_| | [9]-------------------------->_=_=_=_=_::| | | | | :::._______.::: | | | | .:::| |:::.. | | | | ..:::::'| |`:::::.. | | [6]---------------->.::::::' || || `::::::.<---------------[6] | | .::::::' | || || | `::::::. | | /| | .::::::' | || || | `::::::. | | | | | .:::::' | || <-----------------------------[10] | | |.:::::' | || || | `:::::.| | | | ||::::' | |`. .'| | `::::|| | [11]___________________________ ``~'' __________________________[11] : | | \:: \ / ::/ | | | | | \:_________|_|\/__ __\/|_|_________:/ | | / | | | __________~___:___~__________ | | | || | | | | |:::::::| | | | | [12] /|: | | | | |:::::::| | | | | |~~~~~ / |: | | | | |:::::::| | | | | |----> / /|: | | | | |:::::::| <-----------------[10] | / / |: | | | | |:::::::| | | | | | / |: | | | | |::::<-----------------------------[13] | / /|: | | | | |:::::::| | | | | | / / |: | | | | `:::::::' | | | | | _/ / /:~: | | | `: ``~'' :' | | | | | / / ~.. | | |: `: :' :| | | |->| / / : | | ::: `. .' <----------------[11] | |/ / ^ ~\| \ ::::. `. .' .:::: / | | ~ /|\ | \_::::::. `. .' .::::::_/ | |_______| | \::::::. `. .' .:::<-----------------[6] |_________\:::::.. `~.....~' ..:::::/_________| | \::::::::.......::::::::/ | | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | `. .' `. .' `. .' `:. .:' `::. .::' `::.. ..::' `:::.. ..:::' `::::::... ..::::::' [14]------------------> `:____:::::::::::____:' <-----------------[14] ```::::_____::::''' ~~~~~ ============================================================================ - Diagram Outline - --------------------- [1] - Tail Cone [2] - Stabilizing Tail Fins [3] - Air Pressure Detonator [4] - Air Inlet Tube(s) [5] - Altimeter/Pressure Sensors [6] - Lead Shield Container [7] - Detonating Head [8] - Conventional Explosive Charge [9] - Packing [10] - Uranium (U-235) [Plutonium (See other diagram)] [11] - Neutron Deflector (U-238) [12] - Telemetry Monitoring Probes [13] - Receptacle for U-235 upon detonation to facilitate supercritical mass. [14] - Fuses (inserted to arm bomb) ============================================================================ From the ASCII Art USENET News Group From: emc@m-net.arbornet.org (Evan M Corcoran) Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: LINE - Diagram of Plutonium Bomb Followup-To: alt.ascii-art Date: 4 Apr 1994 09:37:17 GMT Organization: Special Patrol Group Lines: 120 Distribution: world Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: nubs98.ccs.itd.umich.edu Status: RO >From the Internet Wiretap gopher. There's some neat stuff on that. -EMC --> Help stop the Belgian menace! Vote NO on soc.culture.belgian! ============================================================================ - Diagram for Plutonium Bomb - -------------------------------- [Gravity Bomb - Implosion Model] -------------------------------- -> Cutaway Sections Visible <- ============================================================================ /\ / \ <---------------------------[1] / \ _________________/______\_________________ | : ||: ~ ~ : | [2]-------> | : ||: : | | : ||: : | | : ||: : | | : ||: : | | : ||: : | | : ||: : | | : ||: : | | : ||: : | | : ||: : | | : ||: : | | : ||: : | | :______||:_____________________________: | |/_______||/______________________________\| \ ~\ | : |:| / \ |\ | : |:| / \ | \ | :__________|:| / \ |:_\ | :__________\:| / \ |___\ |______________| / \ | \ |~ \ / \|_______\|_________________\_/ |_____________________________| / \ / \ / \ / _______________ \ / ___/ \___ \ /____ __/ \__ ____\ [3]_______________________________ \ ___| / __/ \ \__ \ / / \/ \ \ / / ___________ \ \ / / __/___________\__ \ \ ./ /__ ___ /=================\ ___ __\ \. [4]-------> ___||___|====|[[[[[|||||||]]]]]|====|___||___ <------[4] / / |=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=| <-------------------[5] .' / \_______ _______/ \ `. : |___ |*| ___| : .' | \_________________ |*| _________________/ | `. : | ___________ ___ \ |*| / ___ ___________ | : : |__/ \ / \_\\*//_/ \ / \__| : : |______________:|:____:: **::****:|:********\ <---------[6] .' /:|||||||||||||'`|;..:::::::::::..;|'`|||||||*|||||:\ `. [7]----------> ||||||' .:::;~|~~~___~~~|~;:::. `|||||*|| <-------[7] : |:|||||||||' .::'\ ..:::::::::::.. /`::. `|||*|||||:| : : |:|||||||' .::' .:::''~~ ~~``:::. `::. `|\***\|:| : : |:|||||' .::\ .::''\ | [9] | /``::: /::. `|||*|:| : [8]------------>::' .::' \|_________|/ `::: `::. `|* <-----[6] `. \:||' .::' ::'\ [9] . . . [9] /::: `::. *|:/ .' : \:' :::'.::' \ . . / `::.`::: *:/ : : | .::'.::'____\ [10] . [10] /____`::.`::.*| : : | :::~::: | . . . | :::~:::*| : : | ::: :: [9] | . . ..:.. . . | [9] :: :::*| : : \ ::: :: | . :\_____________________________[11] `. \`:: ::: ____| . . . |____ ::: ::'/ .' : \:;~`::. / . [10] [10] . \ .::'~::/ : `. \:. `::. / . . . \ .::' .:/ .' : \:. `:::/ [9] _________ [9] \:::' .:/ : `. \::. `:::. /| |\ .:::' .::/ .' : ~~\:/ `:::./ | [9] | \.:::' \:/~~ : `:=========\::. `::::... ...::::' .::/=========:' `: ~\::./ ```:::::::::''' \.::/~ :' `. ~~~~~~\| ~~~ |/~~~~~~ .' `. \:::...:::/ .' `. ~~~~~~~~~ .' `. .' `:. .:' `::. .::' `::.. ..::' `:::.. ..:::' `::::::... ..::::::' [12]------------------> `:____:::::::::::____:' <-----------------[12] ```::::_____::::''' ~~~~~ ============================================================================ - Diagram Outline - --------------------- [1] - Tail Cone [2] - Stabilizing Tail Fins [3] - Air Pressure Detonator [4] - Air Inlet Tube(s) [5] - Altimeter/Pressure Sensors [6] - Electronic Conduits & Fusing Circuits [7] - Lead Shield Container [8] - Neutron Deflector (U-238) [9] - Conventional Explosive Charge(s) [10] - Plutonium (Pu-239) [11] - Receptacle for Beryllium/Polonium mixture to facilitate atomic detonation reaction. [12] - Fuses (inserted to arm bomb) ============================================================================