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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

“releasing more energy than 10 billion atomic bombs.”

Haden’t realised that “atomic bomb” was a measure of energy. How many BTUs is it?

5 posted on 03/21/2009 8:12:51 AM PDT by patton (If Hawai'i seccedes, is Barack Obama still an illegal alien?)

To: patton

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7 posted on 03/21/2009 8:21:04 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach (What happened to my IRAs)

To: patton

Haden’t realised that “atomic bomb” was a measure of energy. How many BTUs is it?

"atomic bomb" is a unit of energy known only to journalists.

8 posted on 03/21/2009 8:23:19 AM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)

To: patton

Haden’t realised that “atomic bomb” was a measure of energy. How many BTUs is it?

About 1200 hogsheads of mead worth...

18 posted on 03/21/2009 8:47:23 AM PDT by PugetSoundSoldier (Indignation over the sting of truth is the defense of the indefensible)

To: patton

I always use the estimate that a kiloton of TNT ~= 10^12 Joules. Close enough for atom bombs, I always felt.

The actual number is about 4.2 x 10^12 Joules. You can take it from there for conversions.

38 posted on 03/21/2009 12:35:42 PM PDT by AFPhys ((.Praying for President Bush, our troops, their families, and all my American neighbors..))

To: patton

Haden’t realised that “atomic bomb” was a measure of energy. How many BTUs is it?

Well, one kiloton = 3,965,666,831.39 BTUs So... if their unit of measurement is one Hiroshima... we have to figure kilotons:

One kiloton = 3,965,666,831.39 BTUs

3,965,666,831.39 BTUs x 15 x 10,000,000,000 = 5.948500247085e+20BTUs = 594,850,024,708,500,000,000 BTUs or so...

Call it 595 Quintillion BTUs

However, if unit is a Tsar Bomba then we need to figure on megatons

One megaton = 39,656,668,313,900 BTUs.

Assuming the yield of the Twar Bomba unit was only 55 Megatons, then the calculation would be:

39,656,668,313,900 BTUs x 55 X 10,000,000,000 = 2.181116757264e+25 BTUs = 21,811,167,572,640,000,000,000,000 BTUs

Call that one 21.8 Septillion BTUs.

Does that answer your question???

54 posted on 03/21/2009 6:45:18 PM PDT by Swordmaker (Remember, the proper pronunciation of IE is "AAAAIIIIIEEEEEEE!)

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