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[edit] Why did the second tumor explode?

The tumor shouldn't have reached critical mass after it was removed from the host.

According to Dr. McKay:

http://www.twiztv.com/scripts/atlantis/season3/atlantis-317.htm

"Now, as they go, they collect trace elements from our body that they need to complete an explosive compound which, once in place, the tumour reaches critical mass and explodes."

The trace elements needed to accumulate mass were supplied by the host's body. The mass of the tumor couldn't have continued increasing after it was removed. The tumor hadn't exploded by the time it was removed. It shouldn't have exploded after it was removed.-216.46.210.143 01:25, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

I'm not a scientist but aren't most explosives volatile? A knock could cause it to explode; hence why it was handled with such care. "Critical mass" might just be what McKay called it; it might not be literal; it might be that when it reaches a certain mass it starts to combine, which creates its explosive nature...blah, blah, blah. Basically, we don't know what caused the explosion, so we can't say it shouldn't have exploded. JalYt-Xil-Vimescarrot 10:38, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

When they took out the tumor there is still some biological material around it, i.e. blood and other tissues. Critical mass isn't some round-about number it's EXACT. It got the last little remaining bits it needed to integrate from the blood and tisses still on it after it was removed.