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brickeyee · September 4, 2008, 01:35 PM

Even if you converted all the energy in the bullet instantly to heat it would not raise the temperature of the steel enough to do anything.

1 ft-lbf is 0.3238 calories.
Even if you had 2000 ft-lbf, you only have ~656.6 calories of heat.

September 4, 2008, 01:35 PM	#11
brickeyee Senior Member Join Date: December 29, 2004 Posts: 3,351	Even if you converted all the energy in the bullet instantly to heat it would not raise the temperature of the steel enough to do anything. 1 ft-lbf is 0.3238 calories. Even if you had 2000 ft-lbf, you only have ~656.6 calories of heat.