http://hypertextbook.com/facts/1999/SimonFung.shtml
It wouldn't have been hot in the refrigerator guys. He was not in the epicenter of the explosion. It's also a flash temperature and would only be really hot for a second or 2. Inside a refrigerator would actually the perfect place unless you have a lead lined basement to hide in.
A refrigerator can be air tight when closed, it's the thermal contacts with the evaporator and condenser units inside and outside that makes the fridge cold. If all the external parts are also lead-lined, and if that lead is enough to shield the radiation, then the only issue is the heat itself. The walls of the fridge are probably air filled like a thermos, and since air is a poor conductor of heat, it would makes thermal conductivity of the fridge walls low. Since the fridge was a mock fridge for that mock town, then the compressor pipes might have also been filled with just air so it may have not conducted enough heat into the fridge during the blast. Also, from memory, Indy was burried a bit after the blast. The burying may have insulated the heat further.
Quote from: Samslara on October 22, 2008, 02:39:07 PMA refrigerator can be air tight when closed, it's the thermal contacts with the evaporator and condenser units inside and outside that makes the fridge cold. If all the external parts are also lead-lined, and if that lead is enough to shield the radiation, then the only issue is the heat itself. The walls of the fridge are probably air filled like a thermos, and since air is a poor conductor of heat, it would makes thermal conductivity of the fridge walls low. Since the fridge was a mock fridge for that mock town, then the compressor pipes might have also been filled with just air so it may have not conducted enough heat into the fridge during the blast. Also, from memory, Indy was burried a bit after the blast. The burying may have insulated the heat further.Air tight =/= radiation proof. The fridge is going to have way too many spots where lead doesn't even cover let alone be thick enough to stop the radiation. What is this the 50s? Should I cover my head and hide under my desk to stay safe ?
Quote from: Vindra on October 22, 2008, 05:43:44 PMQuote from: Samslara on October 22, 2008, 02:39:07 PMA refrigerator can be air tight when closed, it's the thermal contacts with the evaporator and condenser units inside and outside that makes the fridge cold. If all the external parts are also lead-lined, and if that lead is enough to shield the radiation, then the only issue is the heat itself. The walls of the fridge are probably air filled like a thermos, and since air is a poor conductor of heat, it would makes thermal conductivity of the fridge walls low. Since the fridge was a mock fridge for that mock town, then the compressor pipes might have also been filled with just air so it may have not conducted enough heat into the fridge during the blast. Also, from memory, Indy was burried a bit after the blast. The burying may have insulated the heat further.Air tight =/= radiation proof. The fridge is going to have way too many spots where lead doesn't even cover let alone be thick enough to stop the radiation. What is this the 50s? Should I cover my head and hide under my desk to stay safe ?That's true that air tight =/= radiation proof but that's why I made a point about being lead lined. If the whole thing was lined with lead such that it pretty much forms a closed lead shell, including condenser pipes and all, and if the lead were thick enough to ward away the radiation then I could kinda see it being enough to save Indy.