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> times 0.769 kg/m^3 density at STP The ship's tank is not at STP. The ammonia inside it is pressurized into a liquid.
by marcosdumay 2y ago
> times 0.769 kg/m^3 density at STP
The ship's tank is not at STP. The ammonia inside it is pressurized into a liquid.
- yread 2y agoIndeed it's more like 600 kg/m3, so, about 1000 times more ammonia. So, the cube would be about 10 times bigger (side of 400m). https://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/ammonia-liquid-thermal-properties-d_1765.html https://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/ammonia-liquid-thermal-pr...
- marcosdumay 2y agoYep. You just immediately killed all life in a volume larger than the ship, and since diffusion on volumes that large take time, created a plume of toxic water that will wander for many minutes before dissolving well enough. Not a big deal on the ocean. And yeah, better than an oil spill.