explosive yield

collocation in English

meaningsofexplosiveandyield

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explosive
adjective
uk
/ɪkˈspləʊ.sɪv/us
/ɪkˈsploʊ.sɪv/
exploding or able to ...
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yield
noun[C usually plural]
uk
/jiːld/us
/jiːld/
an amount of something positive, such as food or profit, that is produced ...
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(Definition ofexplosiveandyieldfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The second object is to increase theexplosiveyieldof a given quantity of fissile material.
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Only a few grams of tritium can result in an increase of theexplosiveyieldby 300% to 400%.
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These particles may be quickly drawn up into the stratosphere, particularly if theexplosiveyieldexceeds 10 kt.
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Theirexplosiveyieldis low, and small amounts of radiation may be released.
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If made of uraniumand it usually isit can capture neutrons produced by the fusion reaction and undergo fission itself, increasing the overallexplosiveyield.
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It had anexplosiveyieldof 15 kilotons.
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A high order detonation is generally an ordnance detonation that results in an explosive ordnance producing a designed/intendedexplosiveyield.
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It had anexplosiveyieldof about 1 kt., was manufactured during 1981-83, and was retired by 1992; 380 were built.
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In theory, the amount of radioactive nuclear fallout would be reduced from that of a standard, air-burst nuclear detonation because they would have relatively lowexplosiveyield.
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However, these amounts would only produce anexplosiveyieldof 64.4 megatons, so a secondary effect must occur to achieve the incredible yields seen on screen.
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In terms of explosive yields, nowadays the former have much larger yield than the latter, even though it's not a rule.
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