Carbon detonation or carbon deflagration is the violent reignition of thermonuclear fusion in a white dwarf star that was previously slowly cooling. It...

needed]. Carbon detonation Detonator Detonation of an explosive charge Detonation diamond Detonation flame arrester Sympathetic detonation Nuclear testing...

Na, Mg) core raises the temperature sufficiently. Alpha process Carbon detonation CNO cycle Neon-burning process Proton–proton chain reaction Triple-alpha...

"carbon detonation". Zeldovich spontaneous wave Dust explosion Pressure piling Boiling liquid expanding vapor explosion (BLEVE) "Chapter 6: Detonation"...

and carbon monoxide; and such essentials to life as glucose and protein. Carbon chauvinism Carbon detonation Carbon footprint Carbon star Carbon planet...

companion star, may explode as a type Ia supernova via a process known as carbon detonation; SN 1006 is a likely example. A white dwarf is very hot when it forms...

its own detonation wave. The procedure involves the detonation of a series of charges of different diameters until difficulty in detonation wave propagation...

ignite carbon fusion, at which point it undergoes runaway nuclear fusion, completely disrupting it. There are three avenues by which this detonation is theorised...

eventually ignites nuclear fusion reactions, leading to an immediate carbon detonation, which disrupts the star and causes the supernova.: §5.1.2  A strong...

allowing the temperature to rise exponentially. The resulting runaway carbon detonation completely blows the star apart in a type Ia supernova. Neutron stars...

star is composed mostly of carbon and oxygen then such a gravitational collapse will ignite runaway fusion of the carbon and oxygen, resulting in a Type...

star to shed circumstellar shells of gas and dust.[citation needed] Carbon detonation Pols, Onno (September 2009). "Chapter 9: Post-main sequence evolution...

Phillips relation, defined at blue wavelengths, to determine distance. Carbon detonation Cosmic distance ladder History of supernova observation List of supernova...

supernova Supernova nucleosynthesis P-process R-process Gamma-ray burst Carbon detonation Progenitors Luminous blue variable Wolf–Rayet star Supergiant Blue...

nanometer-sized diamond grains are created in a detonation of carbon-containing explosives, known as detonation synthesis, entered the market in the late 1990s...

by Redfern's son. Glassy/vitreous carbon was under investigation used for components for thermonuclear detonation systems and at least some of the patents...

while the others carry on normally allowing mild detonation in one cylinder that leads to serious detonation, then pre-ignition. The challenges associated...

an explosive booster charge of granular crystallized grade A TNT for detonation. High-explosive shells were filled with grade A TNT, which became preferred...

Detonation nanodiamond (DND), also known as ultradispersed diamond (UDD), is diamond that originates from a detonation. When an oxygen-deficient explosive...

A detonation flame arrester (also spelled arrestor) is a device fitted to the opening of an enclosure or to the connecting pipe work of a system of enclosures...

explosion point is 307 °C (50% detonation) and explosion heat is about 3.829 MJ/kg. Because it has no carbon elements, the detonation products are not solid and...

A pulse compression detonation system (PCD-system) is a combination of pulse detonation and compression systems. A prototype of the PCD-system has been...

The chemistry of ANFO detonation is the reaction of ammonium nitrate with a long-chain alkane (CnH2n+2) to form nitrogen, carbon dioxide, and water. In...

use this process, the most prominent being the pulse detonation engine and the rotating detonation engine. In recent years, pressure gain combustion has...

rapidly decomposes to release nitrogen, water and carbon oxides as well as other gases. The detonation proceeds at an explosive velocity of 8,092 m/s (26...

high and low explosives or fuel–oxidizer mixtures may transition to a detonation depending upon confinement and other factors. Most fires found in daily...

X-ray emission have been interpreted as tidal disruption events. Carbon detonation Type Ia supernova X-ray astronomy "Supersoft X-Ray Sources". Archived...

explosives such as TNT or tetryl. Under certain conditions a deflagration to detonation transition can occur, just like that of ammonium nitrate. It is rarely...

commonly associated with a nuclear explosion, but any sufficiently energetic detonation or deflagration will produce a similar effect. They can be caused by powerful...

enough oxygen in its structure to fully oxidize all of its carbon and hydrogen upon detonation. This can be seen in the schematic chemical equation below...