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It's not common metal. The design of the slug is much of the work in creating a railgun because the electromagnetic push comes from generating back-currents wit
by adolgert 13y ago
It's not common metal. The design of the slug is much of the work in creating a railgun because the electromagnetic push comes from generating back-currents within the slug itself. It has to be good at being pushed, then good at flying, all without melting.
- mnw21cam 13y agoAnother very serious design problem with high power railguns is making a gun where firing it doesn't destroy the rails after five shots.