Hm. Still sounds fishy to me. Nuclear fission in a critical mass happens on a timescale that makes the speed of the sphere falling through the donut hole a comparitive eternity.
"Peter T. Arnold" <pm7...@comcast.net> writes: > I believe that was called, 'Tickling the tigers tail' > > Method was to take 2 sub critical massed, make a donut from one and a > donut hole sphere from the other. > Drop the sphere thru the hole on the donut, for an instant you have a > critical mass that will peg all the meters. > Brilliant young men in the 40's This was Manhattan Project fun and > game in the era, makes good reading. -- 1983 300D _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
