Pound of TNT to Joules Conversion: Explained and Simplified

[Pengwuino]

pound of tnt = ? Joules

Does anyone know what the equivalency is? I tried to google but I get a bunch of star trek websites for some reason...

 

[GENIERE]

The better Startrek sites all agree it would be about 2megajoules

 

[Manchot]

http://www.oit.doe.gov/e3handbook/appenf.shtml says that 1 pound of TNT releases 2300 BTUs, which converts to about 2.42 megajoules.

 

[Mk]

The wiki says 4,184 J is the energy of exploding a gram of TNT.

There are 453.59237 grams in a pound.f

 

[Pengwuino]

Guess startrek is right

 

[AfricaFreak67]

i believe this might help you out Pengwuino. I know you wanted to know in October...but i found this neat webpage that might help you.

If you are asking for the TNT equivalent then here you go.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiloton

I hope it helps.

 

[Pengwuino]

Yes, October of 2005. Thank you though.