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1000 kg of TNT produces one _ton_ of energy, not one kiloton, so TNT is set by convention at 10^-6 kt/kg.
by bonzini 9y ago
1000 kg of TNT produces one _ton_ of energy, not one kiloton, so TNT is set by convention at 10^-6 kt/kg.
- logfromblammo 9y agoToo right, and thank you for the correction. This is exactly why we should all just use the SI unit, the joule.
- bonzini 9y agoThe SI unit for kt/kg is 4.184 TJ/kg, but it's cooler to write it as 4.184 Mm^2/s^2, that is the square of a (huge) speed!