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Particle Beam Weapons: More Than Just Flashlights?
DanielOR:
DarkPriest,
I only read the Wikipedia. Did not get a sense that there was a radiation risk from that. Is there another source?
As a rule, I imagine standing next to any gun while operating is not the healthiest thing to do, and this one is no exception. :)
blondandy:
in ufopedia it says the plasma is encapsulated. so this is not an issue.
indeed, if it was not encapsulated, then it would diffuse quickly. ie have the range of a blowtorch. hotter particles move faster, so diffusion is quicker.
if the plasma is hot enough for nuclear fusion, then you would get some radioisotopes produced.
Darkpriest667:
if its not hot enough for fusion then the projectile isnt going to go very far.... Also im interested in the material they are using to encapsulate the plasma, whatever it is must not be cheap or easily obtainable.
--- Quote from: DanielOR on June 11, 2008, 12:21:07 am ---DarkPriest,
I only read the Wikipedia. Did not get a sense that there was a radiation risk from that. Is there another source?
As a rule, I imagine standing next to any gun while operating is not the healthiest thing to do, and this one is no exception. :)
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yes there is another couple of sources... The united states air force, the united states army, the department of defense, and i believe also the CIA has worked on ETC a little.. Good luck getting any info from those 4 sources.
DanielOR:
DarkPriest,
suppose I might, but they, in return, will know everything about me, including what I had for breakfast two weeks prior. :)
blondandy:
--- Quote from: Darkpriest667 on June 11, 2008, 02:05:01 pm ---if its not hot enough for fusion then the projectile isnt going to go very far.... Also im interested in the material they are using to encapsulate the plasma, whatever it is must not be cheap or easily obtainable.
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indeed. by the definition of plasma, all electrons have been stripped from atoms. as materials are held together by electrons interacting, it is impossible to contain a plasma with any material.
i suggest a magnetic field to keep the particles going in a circle.
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