I wrote: On Sun, Feb 7, 2016 at 2:56 PM, Bob Higgins <[email protected]> > wrote: > > So this drop needs 119 J to vaporize and heat to ~2500K (good estimate, >> Dave). >> > > To put this into context, this is the amount of power that runs through a > 100 W bulb for a little more than 1 s. >
Sorry, that should be energy, not power. > It seems like a lot rests on what Mills intends by "liter." I suspect > this is a figure that has been extrapolated from a much smaller measured > power density. > Sorry, that should be "measured volume," not "measured power density." Eric
