I was recently shown a very interesting sequence of images depicting the expansion of the fireball of Trinity explosion, a nuclear weapon's test conducted in New Mexico in 1945.
I read here that the radius as a function of time t of a (nuclear) explosion depends pre-eminently on the explosion's energy E and the surrounding medium's density ρ. Interestingly, there exists a unique way of constructing a length scale from the three quantities E, ρ, and t, as can be verified by dimensional analysis. It is R=(Et2ρ)15.
Here comes the question: Based on this information how can I estimate the temperature inside the explosion's fireball itself, i.e. after the shockwave has passed, say t=1ms after the explosion?
I thought about using E=32NkBT. However, I don't know how to get a handle on the number of particles inside the fireball even if I know its volume. The density in there must be far lower than the surrounding Earth atmosphere.
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