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

The calcium in your bones melts at 842°C, and boils at 1494 °C. The temperature of a nuclear fireball is on the order of 100,000,000 °C

If you shove enough energy into anything, it’ll eventually turn into a gas. Alternatively, if you only put in enough energy to liquify it or turn it to ash, but then hit it very hard, you get vapor.