Class of units of measurement for explosive energy
"Kiloton" redirects here. For the similarly named weight measurements, see Tonne.
TNT equivalent
The explosion from a 14-kiloton nuclear test at the Nevada Test Site, in 1951
General information
Unit system
Non-standard
Unit of
Energy
Symbol
t, ton of TNT
Conversions
1 t in ...
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SI base units
≈4.184 gigajoules
CGS
109 calories
TNT equivalent is a convention for expressing energy, typically used to describe the energy released in an explosion. The ton of TNT is a unit of energy defined by convention to be 4.184 gigajoules (1 gigacalorie),[1] which is the approximate energy released in the detonation of a metric ton (1,000 kilograms) of TNT. In other words, for each gram of TNT exploded, 4.184 kilojoules (or 4184 joules) of energy are released.
This convention intends to compare the destructiveness of an event with that of conventional explosive materials, of which TNT is a typical example, although other conventional explosives such as dynamite contain more energy.
^"Tons (Explosives) to Gigajoules Conversion Calculator". unitconversion.org. Archived from the original on March 17, 2017. Retrieved January 6, 2016.
TNTequivalent is a convention for expressing energy, typically used to describe the energy released in an explosion. The ton of TNT is a unit of energy...
The definition applies for both spellings: ton of TNT and tonne of TNT. Measurements in tons of TNT have been used primarily to express nuclear weapon...
millitonne (one kilogram). If describing TNTequivalent units of energy, one megatonne of TNT is equivalent to approximately 4.184 petajoules. In English...
nuclear weapon is detonated, usually expressed as a TNTequivalent (the standardized equivalent mass of trinitrotoluene which, if detonated, would produce...
the actual physical properties of TNT. The energy released by the Hiroshima bomb explosion (about 15 kt TNTequivalent, or 6×1013 J) is often used by geologists...
Nuclear bombs have had yields between 10 tons TNT (the W54) and 50 megatons for the Tsar Bomba (see TNTequivalent). A thermonuclear weapon weighing as little...
the free dictionary. Megaton may refer to: A million tons Megaton TNTequivalent, explosive energy equal to 4.184 petajoules megatonne, a million tonnes...
of the TNT-equivalent of all contained energetic substances. The NEQ is often stated on shipment containers for safety purposes. TNTequivalent http://www...
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sometimes compared to the effect of the conventional chemical explosive TNT. The seismic energy E S {\displaystyle E_{\mathrm {S} }} results from the...
officially disclosed. Estimated energy yield in tons or kilotons. A ton of TNTequivalent is defined as 4.184 gigajoules (1 gigacalorie). Radioactive emission...
detonation of about 800 tonnes of ammonium nitrate (approx. 256 tonnes TNTequivalent). Fires caused by the initial explosions continued to burn uncontrolled...
Navy. The energy released was 1.3×1013 J, or about 3.2 kilotons of TNTequivalent making it the largest artificial non-nuclear explosion at that time...
70% of that for TNT, the positive phase impulse is 55% of the TNTequivalent. TATP at 0.4 g/cm3 has about one-third of the brisance of TNT (1.2 g/cm3) measured...
yield is commonly in the millions of tons of TNTequivalent compared with the thousands of tons of TNTequivalent of fission-only devices. Gadolinium zirconium...
disclosed. Estimated energy yield in tons, kilotons, and megatons. A ton of TNTequivalent is defined as 4.184 gigajoules (1 gigacalorie). Radioactive emission...
disclosed. Estimated energy yield in tons, kilotons, and megatons. A ton of TNTequivalent is defined as 4.184 gigajoules (1 gigacalorie). Radioactive emission...
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