Timeline for Effectiveness of a glowing hot tungsten sword against medieval era knights?
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| Feb 17, 2020 at 5:54 | comment | added | nick012000 | "Our best LiON batteries get a bit under 300wh/kg, so this will weigh a metric ton." The Hacksmith built one of these with a battery pack you can wear on your back; also the one they built only needed 20kW. | |
| Feb 16, 2020 at 15:24 | comment | added | leftaroundabout | Yes, but actually I daresay even the surface area will be more than 1000× of a light bulb filament. | |
| Feb 15, 2020 at 8:34 | comment | added | cmaster - reinstate monica | Energy dissipation only scales with the surface area, not the volume. Consequently, your numbers are way off. | |
| Feb 15, 2020 at 7:47 | history | answered | dspeyer | CC BY-SA 4.0 |