In detail what they mean when they say a body was “vaporized” during a nuke? What exactly happens to bones and everything and why?

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In detail what they mean when they say a body was “vaporized” during a nuke? What exactly happens to bones and everything and why?

In: Biology

Answer 1

Gone, reduced to atoms.

There is so much energy that every force holding the molecules together is overcome by the explosion. Only the strongest chemical bonds, like ionic bonds in salts may be able to survive.