• Question: Why do bombs kill us?

    Asked by huxtdan to Charlotte, Dhvanil, Frank, Jim, Leila on 12 Mar 2013.
    • Photo: Charlotte Kemp

      Charlotte Kemp answered on 12 Mar 2013:

      @huxtdan, To be able survive, all of the essential bits of our bodies need to be attached to each other and working correctly. When a bomb explodes near to a person the forces created by that bomb are so large that they literally pull the body apart and we simply can’t survive in that state.

    • Photo: Dhvanil Karia

      Dhvanil Karia answered on 12 Mar 2013:

      Or small parts of the bomb penetrate our brain / body and we die of burns or internal injuries. External injuries will be eminent anyway.

    • Photo: Jim O Doherty

      Jim O Doherty answered on 12 Mar 2013:

      In some cases those bombs are radioactive so you could just be evapourated instantly! Eugh!

    • Photo: Frank Soboczenski

      Frank Soboczenski answered on 21 Mar 2013:

      Generally bombs can kill us with the blast or pressure wave and of course the particles such as parts of the bomb that are accelerated by the initial blast. Unfortunately, we have developed many different kinds of bombs throughout history. A hand-grenade for example does not kill us like in the movies with a big bang. They usually have a small explosion but they send so many small parts of the grenade in all directions which penetrate our tissue and vital organs like 1000 needles…. ouch!

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