Wednesday, February 07, 2007

Critical radius calculation for a material of given density

r(critical) = 2*G*M / c**2 = 2 G * density * (4/3) *pi*r(critical)**3 / c**2;
r(critical) = sqrt(3*c**2/(8*G*pi*density) )= sqrt(2.7*10**16/(8*6.67*10**-11*3.14*density))
With density=1000kg/m**3 for water, r(critical) for water = 4*10**12m approx = 4*10**9km.
Now, it follows that given a value for the material density but assuming homogeneity, the critical value of radius at which the material in spherical form just becomes a blackhole. Further, the critical radius for any other material can be uniquely determined given its specific gravity, i.e. how much heavier than water it is. Taking the average value of specific gravity for our Earth as 5.5, the critical radius would then become 4*10**9 / sqrt(5.5) km = 1.7 * 10**9 km (approx).
In essence, the r(critical) varies with specific gravity in an inverse square root fashion.
With 11.6 for lead, r(critical) becomes about 1.2*10**9 km.

srini

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