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Calculation time! (Sorry). </noinclude>Helium-2 has a {{w|half-life}} of {{w|Isotopes_of_helium#List_of_isotopes|roughly 10<sup>-9</sup> seconds, or one nanosecond}}, and a mean life of [https://www.omnicalculator.com/chemistry/half-life roughly 1.44 nanoseconds.] For context, light travels at [https://www.google.com/search?q=1+speed+of+light+to+cm%2Fnanosecond roughly 30 cm per nanosecond.] This means that on a human scale the energy is released all at once, and we only have to calculate total energy released, and not worry about time taken. | Calculation time! (Sorry). </noinclude>Helium-2 has a {{w|half-life}} of {{w|Isotopes_of_helium#List_of_isotopes|roughly 10<sup>-9</sup> seconds, or one nanosecond}}, and a mean life of [https://www.omnicalculator.com/chemistry/half-life roughly 1.44 nanoseconds.] For context, light travels at [https://www.google.com/search?q=1+speed+of+light+to+cm%2Fnanosecond roughly 30 cm per nanosecond.] This means that on a human scale the energy is released all at once, and we only have to calculate total energy released, and not worry about time taken. | ||
| − | Helium-2 decays through 99.99% {{w|proton emission}}. For simplicity's sake, we'll call that 100%. Helium-2 is formed from two hydrogen-1s, and 1.25 megaelectron-volts, or as | + | Helium-2 decays through 99.99% {{w|proton emission}}. For simplicity's sake, we'll call that 100%. Helium-2 is formed from two hydrogen-1s, and 1.25 megaelectron-volts, or as {{w|Isotopes_of_helium#Helium-2_(diproton)|an equation,}} [[2614: 2|<table style="display: inline-table; line-height: 0.6em; vertical-align: middle; font-size:7pt; text-size-adjust: none;"><tr><td>1</td></tr><tr><td>1</td></tr></table>]]H + [[2614: 2|<table style="display: inline-table; line-height: 0.6em; vertical-align: middle; font-size:7pt; text-size-adjust: none;"><tr><td>1</td></tr><tr><td>1</td></tr></table>]]H + 1.25 {{w|MeV}} = [[2614: 2|<table style="display: inline-table; line-height: 0.6em; vertical-align: middle; font-size:7pt; text-size-adjust: none;"><tr><td>2</td></tr><tr><td>2</td></tr></table>]]He. It therefore follows that decay from a helium-2 atom to two hydrogen-1 atoms would release 1.25 MeV,{{cn}} per the {{w|conservation law}}s of energy and mass. |
A moderately-sized balloon [https://www.balloonartonline.com/balloons-sizes-and-types-2/ might have a diameter of 12 inches.] Some calculations give this a volume of roughly 14.83 liters (assuming a spherical balloon.) If the balloon is at 1 atmosphere of pressure at 25 degrees Celsius, then [https://www.omnicalculator.com/chemistry/molar-mass-of-gas there would be 0.6058 mol] in the balloon, mean that there is 0.6058 * 6.022×10<sup>23</sup> atoms, or [https://www.convertunits.com/from/mol/to/atoms 364,800,000,000,000,000,000,000 atoms.] | A moderately-sized balloon [https://www.balloonartonline.com/balloons-sizes-and-types-2/ might have a diameter of 12 inches.] Some calculations give this a volume of roughly 14.83 liters (assuming a spherical balloon.) If the balloon is at 1 atmosphere of pressure at 25 degrees Celsius, then [https://www.omnicalculator.com/chemistry/molar-mass-of-gas there would be 0.6058 mol] in the balloon, mean that there is 0.6058 * 6.022×10<sup>23</sup> atoms, or [https://www.convertunits.com/from/mol/to/atoms 364,800,000,000,000,000,000,000 atoms.] | ||
Revision as of 19:18, 27 July 2022
I have done a bunch of things! I wrote most of explanation for 2527, and created (Badly) the page for 2616. I think I screwed that last one up though. I will add more later.
Hello people! You are probably looking for how I calculated the yield of a baloon made of helium-2. Well you're in luck!
Calculation time! (Sorry). Helium-2 has a half-life of roughly 10-9 seconds, or one nanosecond, and a mean life of roughly 1.44 nanoseconds. For context, light travels at roughly 30 cm per nanosecond. This means that on a human scale the energy is released all at once, and we only have to calculate total energy released, and not worry about time taken.
Helium-2 decays through 99.99% proton emission. For simplicity's sake, we'll call that 100%. Helium-2 is formed from two hydrogen-1s, and 1.25 megaelectron-volts, or as an equation,
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A moderately-sized balloon might have a diameter of 12 inches. Some calculations give this a volume of roughly 14.83 liters (assuming a spherical balloon.) If the balloon is at 1 atmosphere of pressure at 25 degrees Celsius, then there would be 0.6058 mol in the balloon, mean that there is 0.6058 * 6.022×1023 atoms, or 364,800,000,000,000,000,000,000 atoms.
To recap, a helium-2 atom decaying results in 1.25 MeV of energy, and there are roughly 364.821 sextillion atoms in a balloon.
Every atom will create 1.25 MeV of energy, and therefore 364.821 sextillion atoms will create 364.821*1.25 sextillion, or 456 sextillion MeV. Interestingly, this is equal to 456 nonillion electron volts, or 4.56 megayottaelectron-volts.
456 sextillion megaelectron-volts is also equal to roughly 73,100 megajoules, or 17.4 tons of TNT equivalent.
This is rather big. but not massively so. The smallest nuclear bomb, the W54, had a yield of between 10 and 1000 tons of TNT. The largest conventional bomb, the GBU-43/B MOAB, has a yield of roughly 11 tons. The M67 grenade uses 180 grams of TNT-RDX mixture. So while the Helium-2 baloon bomb would be larger than all conventional bombs, it would still be smaller than most nukes.
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