Explosive lens compressing an aluminum sphere - GIF

[Altair]

Explosive lens compressing an aluminum sphere. Implosion-type nuclear weapons use explosive lenses to compress bomb cores, allowing fissionable material to reach critical mass.




Previously:

Explosive spherical tank forming - GIF
Explosive hydroforming of spherical tanks - video
1945 atom bomb containment vessel - photos
The Gadget nuclear device - photo and video
Nuclear detonation rope trick effect - photo

[Ralphxyz]

Was there anything left of the sphere?

[howder51]

And for all you Europeans out there, that is how we convert Aluminum into Aluminium.