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bubblysorted t1_iueu8gt wrote

Not beautiful at all. The graph uses height to denote size but uses a wide image to display it, giving the visual impression that area denotes strength. The result is that the perceived power increases exponentially as yield increases linearly.

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Wounded_Hand t1_iui7324 wrote

But it sounds like power does grow exponentially as yield increases linearly.

> Yielding an explosion of 50 megatons the “Tsar Bomba,” as it is sometimes called, was about 3,300 times more powerful than the 15 kilotons nuclear weapon dropped on Hiroshima.

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bubblysorted t1_iuiwu5s wrote

that's megatons vs kilotons. 50,000,000 / 15,000 = 3333.3

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