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Re:Pip.io tries to boil an ocean @ TC50 - please help give t... by thegoleffect on Monday September 14, 2009 @09:08PM (#823010)
approximate pacific ocean volume = 7.24176e24 cm^3

median ocean water density = 1.028 g/cm^3

temperature difference = 1 deg C

specific heat of water = 4186 J/(g·K)

multiply all together should = energy required to heat the ocean by 1 deg C is 3.12e+28 J

Maybe one day! Haha

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