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Creating a Realistic Explosion

To get an explosion to look right, there are a lot of factors to think about. First, you need to decide what kind of explosion you are creating. There are three main types: chemical, mechanical, and nuclear. Mechanical is when gas rapidly expands and causes pressure that is stronger than its current container. A nuclear explosion happens when there is a fusion or fission reaction; this explosion creates the iconic mushroom cloud look. Finally, there’s a chemical explosion, which is the one we will be creating in this chapter. These kinds of explosions happen when there is a decomposition or combination of certain gases:

Figure 5.1 – Explosion examples

Whatever kind of explosion you are trying to make, I ...