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   Thomas Koenig to nuny@bid.nes   
   Re: How much armour would be required fo   
   23 Feb 18 06:33:55   
   
   From: tkoenig@netcologne.de   
      
   nuny@bid.nes  schrieb:   
   > On Thursday, February 22, 2018 at 1:39:45 PM UTC-8, Thomas Koenig wrote:   
      
   >   But spread out.   
   >   
   >   Inverse of the usual inverse-square law. As the fireball's   
   > surface area increases the piecewise temperature of its surface   
   > decreases.   
      
   That is not correct.   
      
   A gas that spreads into vacuum does not experience forces from the   
   outside and does not perform work, thus its temperature remains   
   constant, not counting any losses due to radiation. First law   
   of thermodynamics.   
      
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