| The energy released by the meteorite explosion was initially thought to be around 300 kilotons. |
| Hydrogen bombs promised yields measured in megatons rather than the kilotons of fission bombs. |
| Fifteen kilotons is about the force of the nuclear bomb that leveled Hiroshima. |
| The Dow Chemical Company has increased its propylene glycol capacity by an additional 10 kilotons per annum at its plant in Stade, Germany. |
| The blast we're saving to push to escape velocity is about three kilotons. |
| During the past decade, industrial fructan production has increased from 1 kiloton to 100 kilotons annually. |
