1 million tons = 2 billion pounds
or more commonly used as a measure of energy release in a nuclear bomb
4.184 petajoules
Mega means millions.Mega means millions.Mega means millions.Mega means millions.
mega roughly means million, so 1 megaton = 1 million tons. "Mega" means one million, ie 1 followed by six zeros. So a megaton means one million tons. "Mega" means one million, ie 1 followed by six zeros. So a megaton means one million tons.
200 Megaton [Mt] = 7054792389916.1 Ounce [oz]
A megaton bomb is more damaging than an atomic bomb because it has a much higher explosive yield. A megaton bomb releases energy equivalent to the detonation of one million tons of TNT, while an atomic bomb typically releases energy equivalent to the detonation of thousands of tons of TNT.
The "Ivy King" shot conducted by the United States in 1952 had a yield of 500 kilotons. This test was part of Operation Ivy, a series of nuclear tests.
There are 1,000 kilotons in 1 megaton. The metric "kiloton" refers to a weight equivalent to 1,000 tons, while "megaton" refers to 1,000,000 tons. Therefore, 1 megaton is simply 1,000 times larger than 1 kiloton.
In very round figures modern fusion bombs have yields in the range from 200 kilotons to 400 kilotons with a small number over 1 megaton. The two fission bombs dropped on Japan were 15 kilotons & 22 kilotons respectively.
Let's remove the term "ton" from the words. Then we're left with Mega and Kilo. Mega is a shortened term for 1,000,000 and Kilo is a shortened term for 1,000. Therefore 1 Mega ÷ 1 Kilo = 1,000 Kilotons in 1 megaton.
A 1 Megaton (million ton) nuclear warhead has the destructive power of 1 million tons of TNT.The measurement comes from the use of TNT's explosive power in quantity. The Trinity test site at Alamogordo, New Mexico, prior to the first nuclear test, was calibrated using TNT prior to the main test.
Well, mega means a million, so one megaton is basically a million pounds.
2,000
1 megaton TNT = 4.184 petajoules ( 4.184 x 1015 J )
It is 308647167 pounds.
No, the largest ever built were 25 megaton warheads for the Titan II. But these were never installed on missiles, instead 9 megaton warheads were used. All Titan ICBMs are long retired and there were only 50 built total. Currently the largest yield US bombs are roughly 600 kilotons.
A nuclear bomb can be made with any desired yield from about 10 tons to well over 50 megatons in one single bomb. These numbers are just for tested devices that worked, there is no theoretical upper limit on the yield of fusion based bombs.
21 kilotons is about 46,297,075.06 pounds.
About .02 megatons. It was a twenty kiloton bomb. A mere firecracker compared to today's whizbangs.