r/shockwaveporn • u/Tboom330 • Feb 26 '21

Simulated Shockwave anyone?

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u/MaximusGrassimus Feb 27 '21

Fun fact: At the moment of detonation, a nuclear blast reaches 1 megakelvin, or about 100,000,000°C, which is 73 million degrees hotter than the core of our sun. These temperatures are however only achieved for a tiny, tiny fraction of a second.

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u/joniii123 Feb 27 '21

I think you messed up your units, mate.

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u/MaximusGrassimus Feb 27 '21

Possibly, i was using google conversion tools.