Subject: Question about temperature of each explosions
Date: Sat Oct 11 04:29:10 2008
Posted by Lee
Grade level: undergrad
School: UP
City: Manila State/Province: Baguio
Country: Philippines
Area of science: Physics
ID: 1223724550.Ph
Message:
Why is a 10 megaton nuclear blast that releases an energy of 4 * 10^16 joule, or
40 PJ (petajoule) is hotter than Krakatoa volcanic explosion in the 1880s that
released about 150 PJ, or the equivalent of 40 megatons?
Re: Question about temperature of each explosions
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