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| A chain reaction proceeds for about a millionth of a second, liberating vast amounts of energy. This causes the temperature to rise to tens of millions of degrees. The rapid expansion and vaporization of the bomb material causes a powerful explosion, resulting in the formation of an extremely hot incandescent mass of gas called a fireball. A flash of thermal (or heat) radiation is emitted from the fireball and spreads out over a large area, but with steadily decreasing intensity. |
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