Why do nukes make a mushrooms cloud ?
In: Chemistry
The part everyone else is leaving off is why the top mushrooms out. Simply put, it cools off and starts to sink back down, but it can’t sink straight down because of the column of hot air coming up. So it gets pushed out to the sides and then sinks. This results in the column of hot in the middle with a bulb of cooler expanded around the top giving it that mushroom shape.
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