当量

當量
dāngliàng
noun #37,679

Meanings

  1. 1 equivalent (chemistry, physics)
  2. 2 yield (of explosives)

Examples

HSK 6
Guǎngdǎo yuánzǐdàn de dāngliàng dàyuē shì shíwǔ qiān dūn TNT.
The yield of the Hiroshima atomic bomb was about 15 kilotons of TNT.
HSK 7-9
Zhèzhǒng huàxué fǎnyìng zhōng de qīng dāngliàng xūyào chóngxīn jìsuàn.
The hydrogen equivalent in this chemical reaction needs to be recalculated.

Tips

usage
Technical term. In chemistry it's the "equivalent weight" used in stoichiometry; in nuclear/military contexts it's the explosive yield expressed as kilotons of TNT (TNT当量). Outside science writing it rarely appears.

Stroke Order

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