Original poster: "Peter Terren" <pterren@xxxxxxxxxxxx>Quite right, I wrote that from my imperfect memory. Gelignite is a mix predominantly of glyceryl trinitrate (not TNT) which has an energy of 430kJ per 100g stick ie 4 times the big caps energy.
Peter
Original poster: "alfred erpel" <alfred@xxxxxxxxx> Not to be pedantic, and although 103,000 joules is enough to kill 1000s of people if properly concentrated, it is not near the energy of a stick of gelignite (dynamite for Americans). 103,000 joules will keep a 25 watt light bulb going for just over an hour. The energy in a pound of TNT will light the same light bulb for over 21 hours. ....