TNT equivalent
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TNT equivalent is a convention for expressing energy, typically used to describe the energy released in an explosion. A ton of TNT equivalent is a unit of energy defined by convention to be Script error: No such module "val". (Script error: No such module "val".).[1] It is the approximate energy released in the detonation of a metric ton (1,000 kilograms) of trinitrotoluene (TNT). In other words, for each gram of TNT exploded, Script error: No such module "val". (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. A related concept is the physical quantity TNT-equivalent mass (or mass of TNT equivalent),[2][3][4][5] expressed in the ordinary units of mass and its multiples: kilogram (kg), megagram (Mg) or tonne (t), etc.
Kiloton and megaton
The "kiloton (of TNT equivalent)" is a unit of energy equal to 4.184 terajoules (Script error: No such module "val".).[6] A kiloton of TNT can be visualized as a cube of TNT Script error: No such module "convert". on a side.
The "megaton (of TNT equivalent)" is a unit of energy equal to 4.184 petajoules (Script error: No such module "val".).[7]
The kiloton and megaton of TNT equivalent have traditionally been used to describe the energy output, and hence the destructive power, of a nuclear weapon. The TNT equivalent appears in various nuclear weapon control treaties, and has been used to characterize the energy released in asteroid impacts.[8]
Historical derivation of the value
Alternative values for TNT equivalency can be calculated according to which property is being compared and when in the two detonation processes the values are measured.[9][10][11][12]
Where for example the comparison is by energy yield, an explosive's energy is normally expressed for chemical purposes as the thermodynamic work produced by its detonation. For TNT this has been accurately measured as 4,686 J/g from a large sample of air blast experiments, and theoretically calculated to be 4,853 J/g.[13]
However, even on this basis, comparing the actual energy yields of a large nuclear device and an explosion of TNT can be slightly inaccurate. Small TNT explosions, especially in the open, do not tend to burn the carbon-particle and hydrocarbon products of the explosion. Gas-expansion and pressure-change effects tend to "freeze" the burn rapidly. A large, open explosion of TNT may maintain fireball temperatures high enough that some of those products do burn up with atmospheric oxygen.[14]
Such differences can be substantial. For safety purposes, a range as wide as Script error: No such module "val". has been stated for a gram of TNT upon explosion.[15] Thus one can state that a nuclear bomb has a yield of 15 kt (Script error: No such module "val".), but the explosion of an actual Script error: No such module "val". pile of TNT may yield (for example) Script error: No such module "val". due to additional carbon/hydrocarbon oxidation not present with small open-air charges.[14]
These complications have been sidestepped by convention. The energy released by one gram of TNT was arbitrarily defined as a matter of convention to be 4,184 J,[16] which is exactly one kilocalorie.
| Grams TNT | Symbol | Tons TNT | Symbol | Energy [joules] | Energy [Wh] | Corresponding mass lossTemplate:Efn |
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| milligram of TNT | mg | nanoton of TNT | nt | Script error: No such module "val". or 4.184 joules | 1.162 mWh | 46.55 fg |
| gram of TNT | g | microton of TNT | μt | Script error: No such module "val". or 4.184 kilojoules | 1.162 Wh | 46.55 pg |
| kilogram of TNT | kg | milliton of TNT | mt | Script error: No such module "val". or 4.184 megajoules | 1.162 kWh | 46.55 ng |
| megagram of TNT | Mg | ton of TNT | t | Script error: No such module "val". or 4.184 gigajoules | 1.162 MWh | 46.55 μg |
| gigagram of TNT | Gg | kiloton of TNT | kt | Script error: No such module "val". or 4.184 terajoules | 1.162 GWh | 46.55 mg |
| teragram of TNT | Tg | megaton of TNT | Mt | Script error: No such module "val". or 4.184 petajoules | 1.162 TWh | 46.55 g |
| petagram of TNT | Pg | gigaton of TNT | Gt | Script error: No such module "val". or 4.184 exajoules | 1.162 PWh | 46.55 kg |
Conversion to other units
1 ton of TNT equivalent is approximately:
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Examples
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| Energy | Description | |
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| Megatons of TNT | Watt-hours [Wh] | |
| Script error: No such module "val". | 1.162 Wh | ≈ 1 food calorie (large calorie, kcal), which is the approximate amount of energy needed to raise the temperature of one kilogram of water by one degree Celsius at a pressure of one atmosphere. |
| Script error: No such module "val". | 1.162 kWh | Under controlled conditions one kilogram of TNT can destroy (or even obliterate) a small vehicle. |
| Script error: No such module "val". | 5.6 kWh | The energy to burn 1 kilogram of wood.[23] |
| Script error: No such module "val". | 11.62 kWh | The approximate radiant heat energy released during 3-phase, 600 V, 100 kA arcing fault in a Script error: No such module "convert". compartment within a 1-second period.Template:ExplainScript error: No such module "Unsubst". |
| Script error: No such module "val". | 13.94 kWh | Amount of TNT used (12 kg) in Coptic church explosion in Cairo, Egypt on December 11, 2016 that left 29 dead and 47 injured[24] |
| Script error: No such module "val". | 2.90 MWh | The television show MythBusters used 2.5 tons of ANFO to make "homemade" diamonds. (Episode 116.) |
| Script error: No such module "val".–Script error: No such module "val". | 280–2,800 kWh | The energy output released by an average lightning discharge.[25] |
| Script error: No such module "val". | 1.16–51.14 MWh | Conventional bombs yield from less than one ton to FOAB's 44 tons. The yield of a Tomahawk cruise missile is equivalent to 500 kg of TNT.[26] |
| Script error: No such module "val". | 581 MWh | A real Script error: No such module "convert". charge at Operation Sailor Hat. If the charge were a full sphere, it would be Script error: No such module "convert".. |
| Script error: No such module "val". | 2.088 GWh | Estimated yield of the Beirut explosion of 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate[27] that killed initially 137 at and near a Lebanese port at 6 p.m. local time Tuesday August 4, 2020.[28] An independent study by experts from the Blast and Impact Research Group at the University of Sheffield predicts the best estimate of the yield of Beirut explosion to be 0.5 kilotons of TNT and the reasonable bound estimate as 1.12 kilotons of TNT.[29] |
| Script error: No such module "val". | 1.16–2.32 GWh | Estimated yield of the Oppau explosion that killed more than 500 at a German fertilizer factory in 1921. |
| Script error: No such module "val". | 2.67 GWh | Amount of solar energy falling on Script error: No such module "convert". of land in a year is Script error: No such module "convert". (an average over the Earth's surface).[30] |
| Script error: No such module "val". | 3.4 GWh | The Halifax Explosion in 1917 was the accidental detonation of 200 tons of TNT and 2,300 tons of Picric acid[31] |
| Script error: No such module "val". | 3.6 GWh | The Operation Big Bang on April 18, 1947, blasted the bunkers on Heligoland. It accumulated 6700 metric tons of surplus World War II ammunition placed in various locations around the island and set off. The energy released was Script error: No such module "val"., or about 3.2 kilotons of TNT equivalent.[32] |
| Script error: No such module "val". | 9.3 GWh | Minor Scale, a 1985 United States conventional explosion, using 4,744 tons of ANFO explosive to provide a scaled equivalent airblast of an eight kiloton (33.44 TJ) nuclear device,[33] is believed to be the largest planned detonation of conventional explosives in history. |
| Script error: No such module "val". | 17.4–23.2 GWh | The Little Boy atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, exploded with an energy of about Script error: No such module "convert". killing between 90,000 and 166,000 people,[34] and the Fat Man atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki on August 9, 1945, exploded with an energy of about Script error: No such module "convert". killing over 60,000.[34] The modern nuclear weapons in the United States arsenal range in yield from Script error: No such module "convert". to Script error: No such module "convert". equivalent, for the B83 strategic bomb. |
| >Script error: No such module "val". | 280 GWh | The typical energy yield of severe thunderstorms.[35] |
| Script error: No such module "val". – Script error: No such module "val". | 20 MWh – 700 GWh | The estimated kinetic energy of tornados.[36] |
| 1 | 1.16 TWh | The energy contained in one megaton of TNT (4.2 PJ) is enough to power the average American household for 103,000 years.[37] The Script error: No such module "convert". estimated upper limit blast power of the Tunguska event could power the same average home for more than 3,100,000 years. The energy of that blast could power the entire United States for 3.27 days.[38] |
| 8.6 | 10 TWh | The energy output that would be released by a typical tropical cyclone in one minute, primarily from water condensation. Winds constitute 0.25% of that energy.[39] |
| 16 | 18.6 TWh | The approximate radiated surface energy released in a magnitude 8 earthquake.[40] |
| 21.5 | 25 TWh | The complete conversion of 1 kg of matter into pure energy would yield the theoretical maximum (E = mc2) of 89.8 petajoules, which is equivalent to 21.5 megatons of TNT. No such method of total conversion as combining 500 grams of matter with 500 grams of antimatter has yet been achieved. In the event of proton–antiproton annihilation, approximately 50% of the released energy will escape in the form of neutrinos, which are almost undetectable.[41] Electron–positron annihilation events emit their energy entirely as gamma rays. |
| 24 | 28 TWh | Approximate total yield of the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens.[42] |
| 26.3 | 30.6 TWh | Energy released by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake.[43] |
| Script error: No such module "val". | 53 TWh | The energy released in the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami was over 200,000 times the surface energy and was calculated by the USGS at Script error: No such module "val". joules,[44][45] slightly less than the 2004 Indian Ocean quake. It was estimated at a moment magnitude of 9.0–9.1. |
| 50–56 | 58 TWh | The Soviet Union developed a prototype thermonuclear device, nicknamed the Tsar Bomba, which was tested at Script error: No such module "convert"., but had a maximum theoretical design yield of Script error: No such module "convert"..[46] The effective destructive potential of such a weapon varies greatly, depending on such conditions as the altitude at which it is detonated, the characteristics of the target, the terrain, and the physical landscape upon which it is detonated. |
| 61 | 70.9 TWh | The energy released by the 2022 Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai volcanic eruption, in the southern Pacific Ocean, is estimated to have been equivalent to 61 Megatons of TNT.[47] |
| 84 | 97.04 TWh | The solar irradiance on Earth every second.Template:Efn |
| 200 | 230 TWh | The total energy released by the 1883 eruption of Krakatoa in the Dutch East Indies (present-day Indonesia).[48] |
| 540 | 630 TWh | The total energy produced worldwide by all nuclear testing and combat usage combined, from the 1940s to the present, is about 540 megatons. |
| 1,460 | 1.69 PWh | The total global nuclear arsenal is about 15,000 nuclear warheads[49][50][51] with a destructive capacity of around 1460 megatons[52][53][54][55] or 1.46 gigatons (1,460 million tons) of TNT. This is the equivalent of Script error: No such module "val". joules of energy |
| 2,680Script error: No such module "Unsubst". | 3 PWh | The energy yield of the 1960 Valdivia earthquake, was estimated at a moment magnitude of 9.4–9.6. This is the most powerful earthquake recorded in history.[56][57] |
| 2,870 | 3.34 PWh | The energy released by a hurricane per day during condensation.[58] |
| 33,000 | 38.53 PWh | The total energy released by the 1815 eruption of Mount Tambora in the island of Sumbawa in Indonesia. Yielded the equivalent of 2.2 million Little Boys (the first atomic bomb to drop on Japan) or one-quarter of the entire world's annual energy consumption.[59] This eruption was 4-10 times more destructive than the 1883 Krakatoa eruption.[60] |
| 240,000 | 280 PWh | The approximate total yield of the super-eruption of the La Garita Caldera is 10,000 times more powerful than the 1980 Mount St. Helens eruption.[61] It was the second most energetic event to have occurred on Earth since the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event 66 million years ago. |
| 301,000 | 350 PWh | The total solar irradiance energy received by Earth in the upper atmosphere per hour.Template:EfnTemplate:Efn |
| 875,000 | 1.02 EWh | Approximate yield of the last eruption of the Yellowstone supervolcano.[62] |
| Script error: No such module "val". | 4.2 EWh | The solar irradiance of the Sun every 12 hours.Template:EfnTemplate:Efn |
| Script error: No such module "val". | 7 EWh | The estimated energy at impact when the largest fragment of Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9 struck Jupiter is equivalent to 6 million megatons (6 trillion tons) of TNT.[63] |
| Script error: No such module "val". | 116 EWh | Estimates in 2010 show that the kinetic energy of the Chicxulub impact event yielded 72 teratons of TNT equivalent (1 teraton of TNT equals 106 megatons of TNT) which caused the K-Pg extinction event, wiping out 75% of all species on Earth.[64][65] This is far more destructive than any natural disaster recorded in history. Such an event would have caused global volcanism, earthquakes, megatsunamis, and global climate change.[64][66][67][68][69] |
| >Script error: No such module "val". | >28 ZWh | The impact energy of Archean asteroids.[70] |
| Script error: No such module "val". | 106 ZWh | The total energy output of the Sun per second.[71] |
| Script error: No such module "val". | 280 ZWh | The kinetic energy of the Caloris Planitia impactor.[72] |
| Script error: No such module "val". | Script error: No such module "val". RWh | The explosive energy of a quantity of TNT of the mass of Earth.[73] |
| Script error: No such module "val". | Script error: No such module "val". RWh | Total solar output in all directions per day.[74] |
| Script error: No such module "val". | Script error: No such module "val". Wh | The explosive energy of a quantity of TNT of the mass of the Sun.[75] |
| Script error: No such module "val". | Script error: No such module "val". Wh | A type Ia supernova explosion gives off 1–Script error: No such module "val". joules of energy, which is about 2.4–4.8 hundred billion yottatons (24–48 octillion (2.4–Script error: No such module "val".) megatons) of TNT, equivalent to the explosive force of a quantity of TNT over a trillion (1012) times the mass of the planet Earth. This is the astrophysical standard candle used to determine galactic distances.[76] |
| Script error: No such module "val". | Script error: No such module "val". Wh | The largest type of supernova observed, gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) release more than 1046 joules of energy.[77] |
| Script error: No such module "val". | Script error: No such module "val". Wh | A merger of two black holes, resulting in the first observation of gravitational waves, released Script error: No such module "val". joules[78] |
| Script error: No such module "val". | Script error: No such module "val". Wh | Estimated mass-energy of the observable universe.[79] |
Relative effectiveness factor
The relative effectiveness factor (RE factor) relates an explosive's demolition power to that of TNT, in units of the TNT equivalent/kg (TNTe/kg). The RE factor is the relative mass of TNT to which an explosive is equivalent: The greater the RE, the more powerful the explosive.
This enables engineers to determine the proper masses of different explosives when applying blasting formulas developed specifically for TNT. For example, if a timber-cutting formula calls for a charge of 1 kg of TNT, then based on octanitrocubane's RE factor of 2.38, it would take only 1.0/2.38 (or 0.42) kg of it to do the same job. Using PETN, engineers would need 1.0/1.66 (or 0.60) kg to obtain the same effects as 1 kg of TNT. With ANFO or ammonium nitrate, they would require 1.0/0.74 (or 1.35) kg or 1.0/0.32 (or 3.125) kg, respectively.
Calculating a single RE factor for an explosive is, however, impossible. It depends on the specific case or use. Given a pair of explosives, one can produce 2× the shockwave output (this depends on the distance of measuring instruments) but the difference in direct metal cutting ability may be 4× higher for one type of metal and 7× higher for another type of metal. The relative differences between two explosives with shaped charges will be even greater. The table below should be taken as an example and not as a precise source of data.
| Explosive, grade | Density (g/ml) |
Detonation vel. (m/s) |
Relative effectiveness |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ammonium nitrate (AN + <0.5% H2O) | 0.88 | 2,700[80] | 0.32[81][82] |
| Mercury(II) fulminate | 4.42 | 4,250 | 0.51[83] |
| Black powder (75% KNO3 + 19% C + 6% S, ancient low explosive) | 1.65 | 400 | 0.55[84] |
| Hexamine dinitrate (HDN) | 1.30 | 5,070 | 0.60 |
| Dinitrobenzene (DNB) | 1.50 | 6,025 | 0.60 |
| HMTD (hexamine peroxide) | 0.88 | 4,520 | 0.74 |
| ANFO (94% AN + 6% fuel oil) | 0.92 | 4,200 | 0.74 |
| Urea nitrate | 1.67 | 4,700 | 0.77 |
| TATP (acetone peroxide) | 1.18 | 5,300 | 0.80 |
| Tovex Extra (AN water gel) commercial product | 1.33 | 5,690 | 0.80 |
| Hydromite 600 (AN water emulsion) commercial product | 1.24 | 5,550 | 0.80 |
| ANNMAL (66% AN + 25% NM + 5% Al + 3% C + 1% TETA) | 1.16 | 5,360 | 0.87 |
| Amatol (50% TNT + 50% AN) | 1.50 | 6,290 | 0.91 |
| Nitroguanidine | 1.32 | 6,750 | 0.95 |
| Trinitrotoluene (TNT) | 1.60 | 6,900 | 1.00 |
| Hexanitrostilbene (HNS) | 1.70 | 7,080 | 1.05 |
| Nitrourea | 1.45 | 6,860 | 1.05 |
| Tritonal (80% TNT + 20% aluminium)Template:Efn | 1.70 | 6,650 | 1.05 |
| Nickel hydrazine nitrate (NHN) | 1.70 | 7,000 | 1.05 |
| Amatol (80% TNT + 20% AN) | 1.55 | 6,570 | 1.10 |
| Nitrocellulose (13.5% N, NC; AKA guncotton) | 1.40 | 6,400 | 1.10 |
| Nitromethane (NM) | 1.13 | 6,360 | 1.10 |
| PBXW-126 (22% NTO, 20% RDX, 20% AP, 26% Al, 12% PU's system)Template:Efn | 1.80 | 6,450 | 1.10 |
| Diethylene glycol dinitrate (DEGDN) | 1.38 | 6,610 | 1.17 |
| PBXIH-135 EB (42% HMX, 33% Al, 25% PCP-TMETN's system)Template:Efn | 1.81 | 7,060 | 1.17 |
| PBXN-109 (64% RDX, 20% Al, 16% HTPB's system)Template:Efn | 1.68 | 7,450 | 1.17 |
| Triaminotrinitrobenzene (TATB) | 1.80 | 7,550 | 1.17 |
| Picric acid (TNP) | 1.71 | 7,350 | 1.17 |
| Trinitrobenzene (TNB) | 1.60 | 7,300 | 1.20 |
| Tetrytol (70% tetryl + 30% TNT) | 1.60 | 7,370 | 1.20 |
| Dynamite, Nobel's (75% NG + 23% diatomite) | 1.48 | 7,200 | 1.25 |
| Tetryl | 1.71 | 7,770 | 1.25 |
| Torpex (aka HBX, 41% RDX + 40% TNT + 18% Al + 1% wax)Template:Efn | 1.80 | 7,440 | 1.30 |
| Composition B (63% RDX + 36% TNT + 1% wax) | 1.72 | 7,840 | 1.33 |
| Composition C-3 (78% RDX) | 1.60 | 7,630 | 1.33 |
| Composition C-4 (91% RDX) | 1.59 | 8,040 | 1.34 |
| Pentolite (56% PETN + 44% TNT) | 1.66 | 7,520 | 1.33 |
| Semtex 1A (76% PETN + 6% RDX) | 1.55 | 7,670 | 1.35 |
| Hexal (76% RDX + 20% Al + 4% wax)Template:Efn | 1.79 | 7,640 | 1.35 |
| RISAL P (50% IPN + 28% RDX + 15% Al + 4% Mg + 1% Zr + 2% NC)Template:Efn | 1.39 | 5,980 | 1.40 |
| Hydrazine nitrate | 1.59 | 8,500 | 1.42 |
| Mixture: 24% nitrobenzene + 76% TNM | 1.48 | 8,060 | 1.50 |
| Mixture: 30% nitrobenzene + 70% nitrogen tetroxide | 1.39 | 8,290 | 1.50 |
| Nitroglycerin (NG) | 1.59 | 7,700 | 1.54 |
| Methyl nitrate (MN) | 1.21 | 7,900 | 1.54 |
| Octol (80% HMX + 19% TNT + 1% DNT) | 1.83 | 8,690 | 1.54 |
| Nitrotriazolone (NTO) | 1.87 | 8,120 | 1.60 |
| DADNE (1,1-diamino-2,2-dinitroethene, FOX-7) | 1.77 | 8,330 | 1.60 |
| Gelignite (92% NG + 7% nitrocellulose) | 1.60 | 7,970 | 1.60 |
| Plastics Gel® (in toothpaste tube: 45% PETN + 45% NG + 5% DEGDN + 4% NC) | 1.51 | 7,940 | 1.60 |
| Composition A-5 (98% RDX + 2% stearic acid) | 1.65 | 8,470 | 1.60 |
| Erythritol tetranitrate (ETN) | 1.72 | 8,206 | 1.60 |
| Hexogen (RDX) | 1.78 | 8,600 | 1.60 |
| PBXW-11 (96% HMX, 1% HyTemp, 3% DOA) | 1.81 | 8,720 | 1.60 |
| Penthrite (PETN) | 1.77 | 8,400 | 1.66 |
| Ethylene glycol dinitrate (EGDN) | 1.49 | 8,300 | 1.66 |
| MEDINA (Methylene dinitroamine)[85][86] | 1.65 | 8,700 | 1.70 |
| Trinitroazetidine (TNAZ) | 1.85 | 9,597 | 1.70 |
| Octogen (HMX grade B) | 1.86 | 9,100 | 1.70 |
| Hexanitrobenzene (HNB) | 1.97 | 9,340 | 1.80 |
| Hexanitrohexaazaisowurtzitane (HNIW; AKA CL-20) | 1.97 | 9,500 | 1.90 |
| AFX-757 (25% RDX, 30% ammonium perchlorate, 33% aluminium) [87][88] | 1.84 | 6,080 | 1.90 |
| DDF (4,4’-Dinitro-3,3’-diazenofuroxan) | 1.98 | 10,000 | 1.95 |
| Heptanitrocubane (HNC)Template:Efn | 1.92 | 9,200 | N/A |
| Octanitrocubane (ONC) | 1.95 | 10,600 | 2.38 |
| Octaazacubane (OAC)Template:Efn | 2.69 | 15,000 | Template:Nts |
Nuclear examples
| Weapon | Total yield (kilotons of TNT) |
Mass (kg) |
Relative effectiveness |
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| GBU-57 bomb (Massive Ordnance Penetrator, MOP) | 0.0035 | 13,600 | 0.26 |
| Grand Slam (Earthquake bomb, M110) | 0.0065 | 9,900 | 0.66 |
| Bomb used in Oklahoma City (ANFO based on racing fuel) | 0.0018 | 2,300 | 0.78 |
| BLU-82 (Daisy Cutter) | 0.0075 | 6,800 | 1.10 |
| MOAB (non-nuclear bomb, GBU-43) | 0.011 | 9,800 | 1.13 |
| FOAB (advanced thermobaric bomb, ATBIP) | 0.044 | 9,100 | 4.83 |
| W54, Mk-54 (Davy Crockett) | 0.022 | 23 | 1,000 |
| Little Boy (dropped on Hiroshima) A-bomb | 15 | 4,400 | 4,000 |
| Fat Man (dropped on Nagasaki) A-bomb | 20 | 4,600 | 4,500 |
| W54, B54 (SADM) | 1.0 | 23 | 43,500 |
| Classic (one-stage) fission A-bomb | 22 | 420 | 50,000 |
| Hypothetical suitcase nuke | 2.5 | 31 | 80,000 |
| Typical (two-stage) nuclear bomb | 500–1000 | 650–1,120 | 900,000 |
| W88 modern thermonuclear warhead (MIRV) | 470 | 355 | 1,300,000 |
| Tsar nuclear bomb (three-stage) | 50,000–56,000 | 26,500 | 2,100,000 |
| B53 nuclear bomb (two-stage) | 9,000 | 4,050 | 2,200,000 |
| Operation Dominic Housatonic[89][90][91] (two-stage) | 9,960 | 3,239 | 3,042,400 |
| W56 thermonuclear warhead | 1,200 | 272–308 | 4,960,000 |
| B41 nuclear bomb (three-stage) | 25,000 | 4,850 | 5,100,000 |
See also
- Brisance
- Net explosive quantity
- Nuclear weapon yield
- Orders of magnitude (energy)
- Table of explosive detonation velocities
- Tonne of oil equivalent, a unit of energy almost exactly 10 tonnes of TNT
Footnotes
References
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- ↑ See Currently deployed U.S. nuclear weapon yields Template:Webarchive, Complete List of All U.S. Nuclear Weapons Template:Webarchive, Tsar Bomba Template:Webarchive, all from Carey Sublette's Nuclear Weapon Archive.
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- ↑ US Army FM 3–34.214: Explosives and Demolition, 2007, page 1–2.
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Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
External links
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- Nuclear Weapons FAQ Part 1.3
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