How is the yield of a nuclear weapon equivalent to TNT?

There is a standard accepted value for the energy released by the detonation of TNT. 1 ton TNT = 4.184 x 10^9 Joules. This is a generally accepted value to be used for comparisons. read more

The explosive yield of a nuclear weapon is the amount of energy released when that particular nuclear weapon is detonated, usually expressed as a TNT equivalent (the standardized equivalent mass of trinitrotoluene which, if detonated, would produce the same energy discharge), either in kilotons (kt—thousands of tons of TNT), in megatons (Mt—millions of tons of TNT), or sometimes in terajoules (TJ). read more

" There is a standard accepted value for the energy released by the detonation of TNT. 1 ton TNT = 4.184 x 10^9 Joules This is a generally accepted value to be used for comparisons. read more

The explosive yield of a nuclear weapon is the amount of energy discharged when a nuclear weapon is detonated, expressed usually in TNT equivalent (the standardized equivalent mass of trinitrotoluene which, if detonated, would produce the same energy discharge), either in kilotons (kt; thousands of tons of TNT) or megatons (Mt; millions of tons of TNT), but sometimes also in terajoules (1 kiloton of TNT = 4.184 TJ). read more