- FloorEast Building third floor
- 5The Dangers of Nuclear Weapons
- 5-2The Menace of the Atomic Bomb
5-2-3Heat
Shadow of hands on gas tank
October 15, 1945 2,000m from the hypocenter
Minami-machi 1-chome Hiroshima Gas Company, Hiroshima Plant
Photo by Shunkichi Kikuchi Courtesy of Harumi Tago
About 0.2 seconds after the detonation over Hiroshima, the fireball created reached a surface temperature of 7,700 degrees Celsius. From 0.2 to 3 seconds after detonation, the intense heat emitted from the fireball exerted powerful effects on the ground. Temperatures near the hypocenter reached 3,000 to 4,000 degrees Celsius. This heat burned human skin as far as 3.5 kilometers from the hypocenter. Within 1.2 kilometers, people directly exposed without shielding were burned through all layers of skin and into the tissues below. Nearly all died instantly or within a few days.
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East Building third floor 5 The Dangers of Nuclear Weapons
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5-2 The Menace of the Atomic Bomb
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