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From the article, "...or melted down and formed into the pit of a new weapon with a new geometry..." did make me consider the consequences of melting near-criti
by ethbr0 4y ago
From the article, "...or melted down and formed into the pit of a new weapon with a new geometry..." did make me consider the consequences of melting near-critical amounts of plutonium or uranium. Which certainly sounds exciting!
Presumably they do so within certain mass limits and geometries? Does the critical mass change in liquid form?
- hansvm 4y agoAlmost certainly. It's just a probabilistic balance between neutrons in vs neutrons out, and between the neutron decay rate and density of the material changing it'd be unlikely for everything to balance out perfectly to keep the critical mass the same.