Timeline for Plausible plasma weapons?
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| Feb 15, 2021 at 23:54 | comment | added | Rotem Shalev | @Demigan maybe the plastic creates a Leidenfrost-like insulating evaporated plastic layer that together with its flexibility keeps it intact | |
| Aug 24, 2019 at 5:02 | comment | added | TheDyingOfLight | I had a similar idea worldbuilding my setting. Plasma weapons fire diamonoid material bullets filled with liquid metallic hydrogen. The bullet is accelerated and heated with a laser to the point where it is just stable enough to travel though air, but won't survive the impact. | |
| Aug 23, 2019 at 6:21 | comment | added | Demigan | Plastics overall arent very heat resistant (this article BOASTS about 300 degree resistant plastic! craftechind.com/dont-sweat-4-high-temp-plastics-can-take-heat) and plastics that are flexible are usually the least heat resistant. Since the point of plasma is usually that its incredibly hot, how would you prevent a thin sheet of plastic from flash evaporating and possibly accelerating the expansion? As the plasma hits the plastic upon its way out the plasma behind it would push the plasma in front outward as it burns through the plastic. This seems like the worst solution to me. | |
| Sep 11, 2018 at 16:17 | comment | added | Hawker65 | @Mooing Duck You could have multiple cartridges with a reservoir of compressed gas and a plastic sheet at the end. Chambering a cartridge would magnetize it, therefore "activating the munition", and you could have a multiple shot weapon. I can already picture a straight-pull weapon using this kind of ammunition, the chamber would magnetize once closed and if the safety is off. | |
| Jul 4, 2016 at 5:41 | comment | added | Annonymus | A similar effect could be had, perhaps, by having a magnetic bullet in the middle of the plasma packet that holds it together. | |
| Nov 26, 2014 at 12:58 | vote | accept | Danny Reagan | ||
| Oct 30, 2014 at 19:36 | comment | added | Mooing Duck | My first thought was what about the second shot? What about a material that could reform itself after the first shot? Like a soap bubble! Now I'm suddenly intrigued by the idea of bubble guns. | |
| Oct 30, 2014 at 13:58 | history | answered | Rowanas | CC BY-SA 3.0 |