• Question: How hot do you think is a thermonuclear weapon?

    Asked by angelo775 to Bob, Katie, Nisha, Sallie on 5 Jul 2012.
    • Photo: Bob Bonwick

      Bob Bonwick answered on 5 Jul 2012:

      A few degrees below ambiant temperature, this is of course before it blows up, then it would be around 50-150 million degrees Kelvin (this is based on an average sized explosion). this is, at most 15 times hotter that the sun. Anything in its path is instantly vaporised.

    • Photo: Sallie Baxendale

      Sallie Baxendale answered on 5 Jul 2012:

      About 50 million degrees – thats why NOTHING survives the explosion

    • Photo: Katie McDonald

      Katie McDonald answered on 5 Jul 2012:

      As the others just said, millions and millions of degrees. Really impressive, except for the killing thing which I don’t approve of.

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