And people talk about the sudden compression of the air in the hull causing the temperature to instantly rise to 10,000 degrees. Well, okay, maybe it did, but how long could that temperature have lasted when all the air was expelled in a fraction of a second into a bajillion trillion gallons of 38-degree seawater?
Not long, I’d say, so there are probably bones, clothing, and pieces of tissue large enough to identify still remaining.
Sorry to a bit macabre, but it seems to me investigators will determine the implosion depth if any remains are found..
Yep, that too. You can’t just think about an instantaneous temperature. You have to think in terms of energy transfer which means you have to take time into account.
It’s the same deal with the pressure. There would have been huge pressure differentials but they would have been balanced almost instantly as the water surrounded everything in the vessel. In my opinion the pressure effects would not have done visibly obvious damage to the bodies. The only obvious damage would have been from the structure of the vessel impinging on the bodies as it collapsed. That damage would have been severe — crushing and tearing — but it wouldn’t have been a reduction to pink goo.