RE: [RFC][Info] Playing with Boom-Boom (Or, Antimatter and You - A Children's Parable)
04-11-2019, 08:35 PM (This post was last modified: 04-11-2019, 08:36 PM by robkelk.)
04-11-2019, 08:35 PM (This post was last modified: 04-11-2019, 08:36 PM by robkelk.)
(04-10-2019, 10:45 PM)Labster Wrote: This is... a pretty big factor. When you multiply that with kilograms, you get joules. So for 1 gram of antimatter reacting with 1 gram of matter:
10⁻³ kg × 2 × 8.988×10¹⁶ m²/s² = 1.7976×10¹⁴ J = 0.18 PJ
So, assuming I did the basic math correctly, 66.666... mg of antimatter produces roughly the Halifax Explosion. Or thereabouts - close enough for private-sector work.
Eep.
Again, I'm glad Ben is half-a-continent away from my SI's girls.
(04-11-2019, 01:46 AM)Black Aeronaut Wrote: I'll wait for Rob to check in here before I go and throw all this on the Wiki.
Don't wait for me! Keeping notes in one place is what the Useful Notes pages are for.
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Rob Kelk
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Rob Kelk
Sticks and stones can break your bones,
But words can break your heart.
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