Is there a formula to measure how powerful an explosion is by it's size?

Subject: Is there a formula to measure how powerful an explosion is by it's size?

Date: Sun Nov 4 17:00:49 2001
Posted by Isaac
Grade level: grad (science) School: ITT Technical Institute
City: Troy State/Province: Michigan Country: United States
Area of science: Physics
ID: 1004911249.Ph

Message:


Looking at how large an area a blast is, is there a way to accurately determine 
how much TNT must've been needed to create it?  If you see something that takes 
out an area the size of the tri-state area of Michigan, Indiana and Ohio, how 
big a blast would that be.  How big a blast would it take to be seen from high 
orbit of the planet Earth?

Re: Is there a formula to measure how powerful an explosion is by it's size?

Current Queue | Current Queue for Physics | Physics archives

Try the links in the MadSci Library for more information on Physics.