Talk:Vampire/@comment-32907084-20181209205413/@comment-36099947-20181210080201

First, what an excellent question! Finally some scientific question...!

There's nothing even vaguely answer in canon about this. Because the author didn't outwardly say what materials the body of vampire turned into, even with it describe as 'The strength of a vampires skin is described as harder than granite, and even diamond-hard.'.

I can confidently say granite is harder than diamond. Because the melting point of Granite is 2210o to 2300o F(1210o to 1260o Celsius) whereas if you heat diamond in the open air, it will start to burn at around 1,292o F (700o C). So, even when diamond is the hardest material on earth, it still lose to granite that can resist heat to a great degree. (and now I can say vampire body is not turned into granite. Hah!)

Fire kill vampire with burning them to death. If my memory wasn't faulty, Alice burned James with cigarette lighter that a bit similar with bunsen burner, and that fire is about 900–1,600 °C (1652-2912 °F). James burned with the flames that was orangey-red in color. "In fires (particularly house fires), the cooler flames are often red and produce the most smoke. Here the red color compared to typical yellow color of the flames suggests that the temperature is lower. This is because there is a lack of oxygen in the room and therefore there is incomplete combustion and the flame temperature is low, often just 600 to 850 °C (1,112 to 1,562 °F). This means that a lot of carbon monoxide is formed (which is a flammable gas) which is when there is greatest risk of backdraft. When this occurs, combustible gases at or above the flash point of spontaneous combustion are exposed to oxygen, carbon monoxide and superheated hydrocarbons combust, and temporary temperatures of up to 2,000 °C (3,630 °F) occur."

'''Now about your question. With my limited knowledge, I can confidently say: NO.'''

Why? Please search nuclear explosion. The energy released from a nuclear weapon detonated in the troposphere can be divided into four basic categories: The blast alone can reach around 300.000o C and there will not be any vampire ashes remains if they at ground zero. If, by some miracle, vampire survive the blast, the following thermal radiation heat surely gonna vaporize them. "Temperatures of a nuclear explosion reach those in the interior of the sun, about 100,000,000° Celsius, and produce a brilliant fireball."
 * Blast—40–50% of total energy
 * Thermal radiation—30–50% of total energy
 * Ionizing radiation—5% of total energy (more in a neutron bomb)
 * Residual radiation—5–10% of total energy with the mass of the explosion

And don't forget about the radiation poisoning. Gamma rays. The deadly mushroom cloud.

So yeah. Humans can kill vampires with nuclear weapon. And possibly the surrounding areas.

I'm flash searching this and skimming most info, but this is more or less true.