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Never mind the silicon, that's about at the compressive strength of tool steel and significantly more than that of stainless.
by thfuran 4y ago
Never mind the silicon, that's about at the compressive strength of tool steel and significantly more than that of stainless.
- jws 4y agoI'm beyond my expertise, but silicon crystal's compressive strength is 3GPa, so maybe? Plus I assume one would surround everything with a "fluid" (or at least flows at that pressure) to distribute the forces. Silicon chip fluid suspended inside carbide anvil with a steel clamping structure and tightening bolts should work. Interconnects are left as an exercise for the reader. I have enough faith that this would work out that I'd put it in a sci-fi story, and not enough that I would invest in a startup.
- kadoban 4y agoHow close to a bomb would a device like this be? Feels like very close. Or maybe more importantly, how much of my desk would be left after it went off?
- rini17 4y agoThin 1 mm2 speck of high explosive is like few milligrams - estimating from youtube vids that's not much. Might punch tiny hole into the underlying PCB at worst.