Antimatter in ufopedia

[sotnikov123]

Please, answer this:
http://ufoai.ninex.info/wiki/index.php/Talk:Research/Antimatter

In the tech proposal for antimatter, you write that antimatter has "...the best size-to-weight ratio of any material ...". Isn't that a bit meaningless? Maybe it should be "...the best energy-to-mass ratio of any material ...", like you say in the Antimatter Weaponry tech description? --Ouroboros

What mean size-to-weight ratio?

[Duke]

I agree that size-to-weight is not correct.
Actually I see two ratios relevant for a material to be used as a fuel:
volume-to-mass (=density) and
energy-to-mass.

[sotnikov123]

I agree that size-to-weight is not correct.
Actually I see two ratios relevant for a material to be used as a fuel:
volume-to-mass (=density) and
energy-to-mass.

In russian version I translate it as "вес топлива к полученной энергии" - "fuel weight to getting energy" or something like this, google say this

[Duke]

It's not just weight/mass to energy. Think of gas. Volume is also important.

@Kildor: Help !

[sotnikov123]

It's not just weight/mass to energy. Think of gas. Volume is also important.

@Kildor: Help !

Possible "size to energy", weight/mass or volume ~ relative size?

[Duke]

No. Size ~ volume.

[Duke]

Uhm...why not get away from those ratios ?
What about "....the most efficient way to store energy...." ?

[sotnikov123]

Uhm...why not get away from those ratios ?
What about "....the most efficient way to store energy...." ?

Exact words. Most(very) compact fuel )