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Roughly how much energy is contained in a match?
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Peter Percival
2014-03-11 13:34:17 UTC
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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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Odd Bodkin
2014-03-11 13:39:29 UTC
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Post by Peter Percival
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
Peter Percival
2014-03-17 16:50:38 UTC
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Post by Odd Bodkin
Post by Peter Percival
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.
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Death goes dogging everywhere:
She's the tenant of the room,
He's the ruffian on the stair.
Salmon Egg
2014-03-17 23:17:46 UTC
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Post by Peter Percival
Post by Odd Bodkin
Post by Peter Percival
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
2E20 ergs.
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hanson
2014-03-18 02:04:40 UTC
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"Salmon Egg" <***@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
Peter Percival <***@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
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:
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:
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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