How do you scale an explosion by it's size?

Subject: How do you scale an explosion by it's size?

Date: Sun Feb 17 17:24:05 2002
Posted by Isaac
Grade level: grad (science) School: Northstar Institute
City: Madison Heights State/Province: Michigan Country: United States
Area of science: Earth Sciences
ID: 1013984645.Es

Message:


Is there a SIMPLE formula to determine how powerful a ground-level blast is by 
examining such things as the size of it’s crater, and come up with the amount 
of TNT required to leave such a crater?

Re: How do you scale an explosion by it's size?

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