(December 10, 2023 at 6:31 am)Anomalocaris Wrote:(December 10, 2023 at 5:10 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: What would the energy output be if the falls were 1000m high and the river was mercury instead of water?
Boru
Potential energy released is proportional to drop height and the mass dropped. 1000m is about 20 times as high as Niagara. Mercury is 13.5 times more dense than water. If the same volume of mercury flow over your 1000m fall as water flowing over the 50m Niagara, The energy released would be 20 X 13.5 =270 times as great.
So a 1000 m mercury fall flowing at the same volumetric flowrate as Niagara will release as much energy every minute as Niagara Falls would releases every 4 and half hours.
That’s the energy of a hiroshima bomb about every minute.
Interesting. What if it was chocolate custard?
Boru
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