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TNT equivalent is a convention for expressing energy, typically used to describe the energy released in an explosion. The ton of TNT is a unit of energy defined by convention to be 4.184 gigajoules (1 gigacalorie), [ 1 ] which is the approximate energy released in the detonation of a metric ton (1,000 kilograms) of TNT.
Trinity (100-ton test on tower) TNT: 100 short tons (91 t) [107] [108] White Sands Proving Grounds: 7 May 1945 – TNT 100 short tons (91 t) Suffield Experimental Station, Alberta, Canada 3 August 1961 Blowdown: TNT 50 short tons (45 t) Lockhart River, Queensland: 18 July 1963 Snowball: TNT 500 short tons (450 t) Suffield Experimental Station ...
The Great Explosion: On April 2, 1916, at 14:20, a factory in Uplees, Faversham, exploded after a fire spread to a store of 25 tons of TNT and 700 tons of ammonium nitrate. The blast at the Explosives Loading Company killed 115 people and shattered windows in Southend-on-Sea across the Thames Estuary while the tremor was felt in Norwich .
NBC is preparing a $2.5 billion bid, ... BofA says TNT “earns by far the highest affiliate fee of all [WBD’s] cable networks” with an estimated $3 per subscriber. It would be unlikely to ...
The high explosive was piled in its wooden shipping boxes in the shape of a pseudo-octagonal prism on it. The charge consisted of 89.75 short tons (81.42 t) tons of TNT and 14.91 short tons (13.53 t) tons of Composition B (with the total explosive power of approximately 108 tons of TNT (450 GJ)), actually a few tons more than the stated "100-tons".
1926. Wacker Drive is a major multilevel street in Chicago, Illinois, running along the south side of the main branch and the east side of the south branch of the Chicago River in the Loop. [ 2 ] The vast majority of the street is double-decked; the upper level is intended for local traffic, and the lower level for through-traffic and trucks ...
McCormick Place is a convention center in Chicago. It is the largest convention center in North America. [2] It consists of four interconnected buildings and one indoor arena sited on and near the shore of Lake Michigan, about 2 mi (3.2 km) south of the Chicago Loop. McCormick Place hosts numerous trade shows and meetings.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1,635 square miles (4,230 km 2), of which 945 square miles (2,450 km 2) is land and 690 square miles (1,800 km 2) (42.2%) is water. [25] It is the sixth largest county in Illinois by land area, and the largest in total area. Most of the water is in Lake Michigan.