Gigawatt hours to Tons (explosive) calculator

Gigawatt hours to Tons (explosive) Conversion Table

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• Gigawatt hour (3,600,000,000,000 J)

  The gigawatt hour (symbol GWh) is a unit of energy equal to 3,600,000 megajoules. If energy is transmitted or used at a constant rate (power) over a period of time, the total energy in gigawatt hours is equal to the power in gigawatt multiplied by the time in hours.

• Ton (explosive) (4,184,000,000 J)

  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 that convention to be 4.184 gigajoules, which is the approximate energy released in the detonation of a metric ton (1,000 kilograms or one megagram) of TNT. In other words, for each gram of TNT exploded, 4,184 joules of energy are released. This convention intends to compare the destructiveness of an event with that of traditional explosive materials, of which TNT is a typical example, although other conventional explosives such as dynamite contain more energy.