On Tue, Mar 14, 2017 at 10:12 PM, Eric Walker <eric.wal...@gmail.com> wrote:

If we assume 1.3 tons excess iron following Narayanaswamy, then the amount
> of energy released into the environment for this first reaction would be:
>
>     1300 kg 56Fe = 23241.288159 mols 56Fe
>     23241.288159 mols (28Si + 28Si) = 46482.576318 mols 28Si =
> 1300.4396227 kg 28Si
>     1300.4396227 kg - 1300 kg = 0.4396227 kg => 3.9e16 J
>
> That is to say, (3.9e16 J / 84 TJ = 464 "Fat Man" nuclear bombs per 24
> hours).
>

I didn't quite do that right.  I should have gone from 28Si to 56Ni:

  1300 kg 56Fe = 23241.288159 mols 56Fe => 23241.288159 mols 56Ni =
1300.167211 kg 56Ni
  (1300.4396227 kg - 1300.167211 kg = 0.2724117 kg => 2.4e16 J)

So that would be (2.4e16 J / 84 TJ = 285) "Fat Man" nuclear bombs per 24
hours.

Eric

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