Direect Energy Transfer Calculation Help Needed (Spoilers)

[The Yosemite Bear]

How much energy is needed to:

Small Arms:
Cook the local meat & bone, leaving a visible burn scar at point of impact and heating tissue above 100*c/212*f, for an area of about 5kg/10pounds of flesh

Heat the entire body so rapidly that a center torso impact cause the whole body to explode.

Anti-vehivle
Heat granite/ingious rock enough to shatter, leaving large boulders of a small mountain?

Thanks

[The Yosemite Bear]

oh the Spoiler Part

Hammer is now issuing 20mm heavy Pistols, and Sniper Rifles. One shot from a 20mm sniper rifle is sufficiant to totally destroy the main torso, and head along leaving boots and part of an arm. On a soldier wearing combat armor (Irridium lined).

I think they are doing a bit more damage then I recall them doing in "COunting the Cost"

The soldier in question was armed with a Railgun, not a buzzbomb or powergun either.

[NecronLord]

Very hard to tell, but for the second one about 0.5 exajoules should do the trick no problem, depending on composition.

[Zoink]

Heat the entire body so rapidly that a center torso impact cause the whole body to explode.

I've seen experiments done with molten aluminum and water. Basically, dropping a quantity of molten aluminum into a vat of water will cause the water to 'explosively' evaporate. The amount of aluminum will determine the size of the explosion. 'Cool' stuff

For your exploding person, I'd guess that maybe a kilogram of water, explosively vaporizing might sever the torso of a human. Which would take about 2 megajoules (I think).

[Mr Bean]

I've seen experiments done with molten aluminum and water. Basically, dropping a quantity of molten aluminum into a vat of water will cause the water to 'explosively' evaporate. The amount of aluminum will determine the size of the explosion. 'Cool' stuff

*Nearest Blast Furnce and calcuates how quick he could get half a ton of molten aluminum there

The fun things you learn on this forum(From Explosive Tiped Arrows To Expolding Water the Circule is now complete)

[The Yosemite Bear]

This reminds me of something.

What if Starwars had been directed by Martin Scorsese.

Hmm, blasters exploding people's bodies, gratuitius head shots, oh and Robert DeNiro as Han Solo.