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minus-square@[email protected]OPlinkfedilink7•1 month agoone kiloton is defined as 10^12 cal or 10^9 kcal even advanced single stage nukes use up only something like 60% of fissile material so for modern 20kt-ish nuke you’re spot on
minus-square@Deestanlink3•1 month agoThanks! I just took the trinity test’s energy release estimate and converted it.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•1 month agoI’ll run around the block later to make up for it.
Careful. That’ll add 14320344200 kcal to your dish.
one kiloton is defined as 10^12 cal or 10^9 kcal
even advanced single stage nukes use up only something like 60% of fissile material so for modern 20kt-ish nuke you’re spot on
Thanks! I just took the trinity test’s energy release estimate and converted it.
I’ll run around the block later to make up for it.