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Depends on the yield, which varies from one design to another and from one configuration to another of each design. For example the MK-5 bomb introduced in 1952 and removed from stockpile by 1963 had at least 3 different yields depending on the pit use: ~20KTons, ~40KTons, and ~70KTons. The Castle Bravo test shot was 15MTons!
There is NO nominal atomic bomb!
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∙ 7y agoThere is no TNT in atomic bombs.
For convenience and ease of comparison the yield of nuclear weapons is usually measured in "tons of TNT equivalent". Actual devices have been built with yields as low as 10 tons of TNT equivalent to as high as 52 megatons of TNT equivalent (this is more than 6 orders of magnitude).
TNT was arbitrarily chosen as a reference explosive for comparison as its characteristics were well known and understood.
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How many tons of tnt equals the power of a atom bomb?
that varies with yield, which is specified in tons of TNT and would thus be your answer. atomic bombs have been built and tested with yields from 10 tons of TNT to over 50 million tons of TNT.
What is the meaning of 15 kilotons of energy?
Kilotons are used to measure the power of atomic bombs. A kiloton is the power equivalent of 1000 tons of TNT, a chemical explosive used in bombs. A 15 kiloton atomic bomb has the power of 15,000 tons of TNT.
What is the mass of matter that changed into energy when the atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki with an explosive power equivalent to 20000 tons of TNT was approximately?
The bomb had a weight of almost 10,000 pounds.
When did the Soviet Union explode a atomic bomb?
The USSR tested its first nuclear weapon in 1949.
Why was the atomic bomb dropped on Japan in world war 2 have so much TNT?
The bomb did not have tnt. The atomic power is measurred using tnt was the base. TNT is a unit of energy equal to 4.184 gigajoules, which is approximately the amount of energy released in the detonation of one ton of TNT, and a bomb with one kiloton has the blast compared to one ton of tnt.
How many tons of tnt equals the power of a atom bomb?
that varies with yield, which is specified in tons of TNT and would thus be your answer. atomic bombs have been built and tested with yields from 10 tons of TNT to over 50 million tons of TNT.
What is the meaning of 15 kilotons of energy?
Kilotons are used to measure the power of atomic bombs. A kiloton is the power equivalent of 1000 tons of TNT, a chemical explosive used in bombs. A 15 kiloton atomic bomb has the power of 15,000 tons of TNT.
How big was the first atomic bomb?
The first atomic bomb detonated was the Trinity Test Bomb on July 16, 1945. It had the estimated explosive power eqivalent of 20,000 Tons of TNT. It was identical to the bomb dropped on Nagasaki 3 weeks later. The Hiroshima bomb was of a different design and was about 15,000 Tons equvalent.
How much area can atomic bomb blow up?
Question as written cannot be answered as it depends on very many unspecified variables, the most important being the yield of the bomb which with already tested bombs can vary from as little as 10 tons TNT equivalent to over 50 million tons TNT equivalent.
What is the mass of matter that changed into energy when the atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki with an explosive power equivalent to 20000 tons of TNT was approximately?
The bomb had a weight of almost 10,000 pounds.
What does an atomic bomb use for explosion?
TNT(Trinitrotolune)
How big was an atomic bomb in the Nagasaki war?
The MK-III Fatman bomb dropped on Nagasaki was:5 feet diameter10 feet long5 tons weightThe bomb's yield was 21 Ktons TNT equivalent.
When did the Soviet Union explode a atomic bomb?
The USSR tested its first nuclear weapon in 1949.
Why was the atomic bomb dropped on Japan in world war 2 have so much TNT?
The bomb did not have tnt. The atomic power is measurred using tnt was the base. TNT is a unit of energy equal to 4.184 gigajoules, which is approximately the amount of energy released in the detonation of one ton of TNT, and a bomb with one kiloton has the blast compared to one ton of tnt.
What was equal to 21000 atomic bombs?
There is no "nominal" atomic bomb, their yields can vary from less than 100 tons TNT equivalent to nearly 1 megaton TNT equivalent. Therefore there is no single meaningful answer to this question. Hydrogen bombs have no upper limit for yield!
What does an atomic bomb use for explosive power?
TNT(Trinitrotolune)
What is 1 atom bomb equal to?
its equal to 20000 tons of tnt
