Questions tagged [plasma]
For questions related to the state of superheated matter.
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How much air pressure and air flow I would need in order to make a ultra thin and long air jet for a plasma cutter-sword with a ideal de-laval nozzle?
The idea is that specific types of industrial plasma cutters were adapted in a compacted form for mechs in case of melee combat and for bunker-buster missiles (easier to go through meters of ...
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Effectiveness of oscillating sonic plasma bolts [closed]
I was wondering if combining acoustic and plasma weaponry could yield more destructive power. While the proposed plasma bolt can only move close to the speed of sound 343 m/s compared to the 5-200 km/...
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How would plasma mining work? [closed]
I was fascinated with the concept of plasma mining for my story. In Star Wars, the characters mine plasma from the core of Naboo, a planet. Plasma doesn't work in the means that you can mine it, but ...
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what wounds would a plasma weapon actually create?
Plasma is a quite common weapon in sci-fi, despite the realistic problems this has when weaponizing it.
Now pretty much all media showcases plasma weapons as being cauterizing weapons. But plasma ...
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Plasma Railgun Toroids [closed]
In my world, the base kinetic weapon is a chemical railgun, with both gunpowder(or an equivalent) and electromagnetic rails propelling the rounds. A second round type is very hot burning chemicals ...
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Is a plasma force shield feasible? [duplicate]
I am somewhat obsessed with the plasma shields the Gungans use to protect their troops in Star Wars Episode I. They are effective against the laser cannon blasts of the Trade Federation troops but ...
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Can I shoot a synthetic solar plasma out of a rail gun?
First, I'm assuming without asking that I can generate a blob of charged particles like the Sun's solar flares plasma. My thought was more directly related to HOW to shoot it? Isn't the real thing ...
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What noise would a nuclear gas turbine make? [closed]
At the core of the powerpacks of the upcoming generation of powered exoskeletons are dusty plasma fission fragment reactors, in which nanoparticles of nuclear fuel inside a vacuum undergo a fission ...
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How close can I get to a nuclear explosion with extreme shielding?
Imagine you are in empty space, and a 15 megaton nuclear bomb is very close to you (D=200 meters), but what's also very close to you is a giant (Tungsten?) cylinder (2? meters in diameter, 100? meters ...
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Electric Arc Discharge Plasma and other forms of Plasma tech as a weapon
I'm making a weapon for my character which looks like a sword or is used as such but is segmented to give it whip like flexibility (restricted movement for safety) when needed. Each segment has metal ...
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How would an element behave that's a plasma at room temperature?
I'm considering a world where there's an element that has an element that's naturally a plasma. I'm wondering what the broad behavior of such an element would be. Would it be inherently unstable, ...
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How would a "plasma torus", generated from Phobos to create a magnetosphere, look from the surface of Mars? How would it work?
One theory for how to create a magnetosphere around Mars is to generate a plasma torus by "evaporating matter from Phobos or Deimos, ionizing it and using electromagnetic current drive techniques ...
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What atmosphere composition would make my weapon shoot orange plasma?
I am planning on painting a Warhammer 40k army that uses orange plasma for their energy based weapons, and use that exact same orange plasma for my worldbuilding, and other unrelated works of writing.
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Plasma windows as justification for Free Electron Lasers?
There are two main types of military lasers: Free Electron Lasers (FEL lasers from now on) and Medium Lasers.
FEL lasers work by "wiggling" electrons through a line of magnets to create ...
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What kind of effect would a tank shell that create plasma on impact have on armour? [closed]
What kind of effect would a tank shell that create plasma on impact have on armour? These projectiles are made up of 3 main parts, a gas canister holding the gas, a capacitor that is used to heat the ...
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