Multiple choice general knowledge science & technology

Explosive Blasts are measured with reference of which explosive?

  1. RDX

  2. PETN

  3. TNT

  4. None of the above
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Explanation

Explosive blast power is standardized using TNT equivalence - the energy release of any explosive is compared to TNT as the reference standard. RDX and PETN are more powerful than TNT (1.5x and 1.66x respectively), but TNT itself is the baseline reference unit used in explosive yield measurements.

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