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If a nuclear weapon was detonated at the bottom of the sea (deepest point) what would happen?

The Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench is the deepest point in Earth's oceans. The bottom there is 10,924 meters (35,840 feet) below sea level and therefor at a pressure of nearly 2000bar. Even if the bomb detonation was higher pressure than would a steam bubble be generated or would it remain as superheated water and just dissipate? If a steam bubble was generated would the shear mass of water surrounding the detonation point condense it?

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Asked by trevor_jackson
on 2010-11-13 22:38:50

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Tags: sea, Nuclearbombs, steam.

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Heating a liquid on a gas stove produces steam, when the heat is removed suddenly the amount of steam increases. Why is this?
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Asked by Cosmo_For_King
on 2010-02-18 21:58:47

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Categories: Domestic Science.

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Does a room get hotter when you boil a pot of water?

My girlfriend and I were having an argument the other day. Sometimes when it is cold in the kitchen, I turn in the gas hob to warm the place up. The argument is that she claims that the room gets hotter if you put a pot of water on the hob to boil and let the room get steamy. I disagree and think that the room gets just as hot without boiling a pot of water.

Who is right? Does the room get hotter with the pot of water or does the room get just as hot without it?