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Roughly how much energy is contained in a match?
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Peter Percival
Mar 11, 2014, 9:34:17 AM3/11/14
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If I strike a match and it burns to ash, approximately how much energy
will be produced as heat?
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will be produced as heat?
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Death goes dogging everywhere:
She's the tenant of the room,
He's the ruffian on the stair.
Odd Bodkin
Mar 11, 2014, 9:39:29 AM3/11/14
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On 3/11/2014 8:34 AM, Peter Percival wrote:
> If I strike a match and it burns to ash, approximately how much energy
> will be produced as heat?
http://www.ocean.washington.edu/courses/envir215/energynumbers.pdf
> If I strike a match and it burns to ash, approximately how much energy
> will be produced as heat?
Peter Percival
Mar 17, 2014, 12:50:38 PM3/17/14
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Salmon Egg
Mar 17, 2014, 7:17:46 PM3/17/14
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In article <lg794v$qm2$1...@news.albasani.net>,
2E20 ergs.
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Sam
Conservatives are against Darwinism but for natural selection.
Liberals are for Darwinism but totally against any selection.
Peter Percival <peterxp...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Odd Bodkin wrote:
> > On 3/11/2014 8:34 AM, Peter Percival wrote:
> >> If I strike a match and it burns to ash, approximately how much energy
> >> will be produced as heat?
> >
> > http://www.ocean.washington.edu/courses/envir215/energynumbers.pdf
>
> So about 1000 Joules. Thank you.
If a match is a about 1/4 gram, we have 0.25*9E20 ergs. That is about
> Odd Bodkin wrote:
> > On 3/11/2014 8:34 AM, Peter Percival wrote:
> >> If I strike a match and it burns to ash, approximately how much energy
> >> will be produced as heat?
> >
> > http://www.ocean.washington.edu/courses/envir215/energynumbers.pdf
>
> So about 1000 Joules. Thank you.
2E20 ergs.
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Sam
Conservatives are against Darwinism but for natural selection.
Liberals are for Darwinism but totally against any selection.
hanson
Mar 17, 2014, 10:04:40 PM3/17/14
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"Salmon Egg" <Salm...@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
Odd Bodkin went googling since he doesn't know what
he is talking about, cuz he always boinks himself, wrote:
<http://www.ocean.washington.edu/courses/envir215/energynumbers.pdf>
Yes, it says so right in Boinker's link,. proceed to and
perceive it as the last item page 5 where it says:
Burning match 1E3 Joules.
>
Enter "Repeating Rifle Bill", son of "Sam" aka "Salmon Egg"
With 1 joule = 10'000'000 ergs = 1E7 ergs, either Sam
2E20 ergs = 2E13 Joules, Sam's Match or his Salmon Egg
must be some 10 Billions times larger then the Sod Boinker's
sperm hat was perceived by Percival's proceeding.
>
Hey dudes, "A billion here, a billion there, and pretty soon
you're talking real money"? (Everett Dirksen) . Thanks for
laughs, you splendid match lighters.... ahahahahahanson
>
Peter Percival <peterxp...@hotmail.com> wrote:
If I strike a match and it burns to ash, approximately
how much energy will be produced as heat?
>> >
The Furniture- and Toy maker named Sod Boinker, or
Peter Percival <peterxp...@hotmail.com> wrote:
If I strike a match and it burns to ash, approximately
how much energy will be produced as heat?
>> >
Odd Bodkin went googling since he doesn't know what
he is talking about, cuz he always boinks himself, wrote:
<http://www.ocean.washington.edu/courses/envir215/energynumbers.pdf>
>>
Peter Percival dimly perceived and wrote:
So about 1000 Joules. Thank you.
>
hanson wrote:
Peter Percival dimly perceived and wrote:
So about 1000 Joules. Thank you.
>
Yes, it says so right in Boinker's link,. proceed to and
perceive it as the last item page 5 where it says:
Burning match 1E3 Joules.
>
Enter "Repeating Rifle Bill", son of "Sam" aka "Salmon Egg"
If a match is a about 1/4 gram, we have 0.25*9E20 ergs.
That is about 2E20 ergs.
>
hanson wrote:
That is about 2E20 ergs.
>
With 1 joule = 10'000'000 ergs = 1E7 ergs, either Sam
2E20 ergs = 2E13 Joules, Sam's Match or his Salmon Egg
must be some 10 Billions times larger then the Sod Boinker's
sperm hat was perceived by Percival's proceeding.
>
Hey dudes, "A billion here, a billion there, and pretty soon
you're talking real money"? (Everett Dirksen) . Thanks for
laughs, you splendid match lighters.... ahahahahahanson
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