>> But my wild guess is that in contrast to a nuclear device in a MAM 
>> device (actually an AM device, no need to bring in the M as it is 
>> availably everywhere!) the spreading of the fuel will not 'end' the 
>> explosion: once the AM containment is gone all AM will find M to mate
>> with.
> 
> Yes, but at what speed?
> 
> A normal nuclear device explodes "all at once" (homogeneously) because of
> the nature of the nuclear reactions that are going on.

Yes, but it also *needs* to be all-at-once. An AM would not. I guess is 
does not matter that much (when seen from a distance) whether the energy 
is released in 1 us, 1ms or even 1s. I know it makes a big difference 
for a normal explosive, but we are talking ab out a vastly different 
amount of energy per volume here.

> On the other hand, the M-AM reaction is only occurring at the surface of
> the lump of AM

I don't think a lump will be a lump very long, guess it would be more 
like two (M and AM) plasma's mixing.

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