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Kiloton vs Petaton - What's the difference?

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Petaton is a related term of kiloton.



As nouns the difference between kiloton and petaton

is that kiloton is a measure of the strength of an explosion or a bomb based on how many thousand tons of TNT would be needed to produce the same energy while petaton is a measure of the strength of an explosion or a bomb based on how many quadrillion tons of TNT would be needed to produce the same energy.

kiloton

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A measure of the strength of an explosion or a bomb based on how many thousand tons of TNT would be needed to produce the same energy.
  • * That's a 300-kiloton nuclear warhead.

    • Related terms

    * megaton * gigaton

    petaton

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A measure of the strength of an explosion or a bomb based on how many quadrillion tons of TNT would be needed to produce the same energy.

    • Related terms

    * kiloton * megaton * gigaton * teraton * exaton * zettaton * yottaton ----