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The electromagnetic riffle is a weaponry designed to fire ferrous projectiles with the help of high voltage currents discharged from a capacitor bank. It is a simple riffle designed to reduce the complexity and cost of bullets . The riffle is based on the concepts of electromagnetic levitation and magnetic propulsion techniques, the basic idea is that when a solenoid is magnetised, its core has the tendency to pull any iron projectile in to its core
If the current to the coil is stopped before the projectile reaches the core then the projectile travels with the same high velocity in the same direction it was pulled towards its core
If the current to the coil is stopped before the projectile reaches the core then the projectile travels with the same high velocity in the same direction it was pulled towards its core
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To construct this riffle you will need a 25 cm long pvc pipe, 0.5guage magnet wire, a switch ,a rectifier (4 diodes) and lots of capacitors(higher the capacitance higher will be the power )
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nicola tesla was a serbian chap that did alot to further the known applications of this material. look him up.
its officially called magnet wire, and its wire with a thin coat of enamel on it, like an insulator
it has this so it can be wrapped in many coils without discharging electricity where the coils touch each other
A linear electromagnetic accelerator, is any device which accelerates a projectile via electromagnetic force, such as a railgun, or a coilgun. Linear electromagnetic accelerators are the same as gauss guns however they do not use permanent magnets, only electromagnets.
Similar to this, all coil guns are gaussian guns, but not all gaussian guns are coilguns. All railguns are gaussian guns, but not all gaussian guns are railguns. The larger group here is gaussian guns, which splits into coil and rail guns.
All railguns are linear electromagnetic accelerators, but not all linear electromagnetic accelerators are railguns. All coilguns are linear electromagnetic accelerators, but not all linear electromagnetic accelerators are coilguns. See how 1 individual can be part of multiple groups?
All railguns are linear magnetic accelerators, but not all linear magnetic accelerators are railguns. Do I need to go on?
My point is, coilguns/railguns/gauss guns/linear magnetic accelerators, and linear electromagnetic accelerators can be divided into groups, and one can be part of a few groups. And in some groups, names can be used interchangeably. Sorry if I sound rude in this post, I don't mean to be, just trying to clarify.
Gauss Guns (Order): Coilguns, railguns, those weird chambered guns used for class experiments
Linear magnetic accelerators (Genus): Railguns, Chambered guns
Linear Electromagnetic accelerators (Species): Railguns
Coilguns get cut off before the genus of linear magnetic accelerators, because they aren't linear.
Chambered gun get cut off before linear electromagnetic accelerators because (usually) they don't use electromagnets (Unless someone does use electromagnets, I'm not sure why they would though, it would be unnecessary).
Railguns are in every one because they fit every category. They are gauss guns because they use magnetism to propel a projectile, linear magnetic accelerators because they use magnetism running in a linear path to propel a projectile, and linear electromagnetic accelerators because they are a linear magnetic accelerator that requires electromagnetism (Unless the rails were like an MRI magnet strengthwise, which would be way more expensive, therefore illogical to do).
While looIking at it, I was thinking if it could be posible to make the projectile "vibrate", lets say to move back and forth, (not leaving the coil) inverting polarity of magnet? The idea would be to use the vibration of the projectile in the linear magnet to use its movemet as a machine, kind like a standard tattoo machine, sorry if it sounds ignorant, im not familiar with electromagnets. Any one knows if posible? If posible, could the movement (back and forth) be controlled, lenght of the movent? amount of vibrations? (lets say N amounts per seconds) and strength?
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B.
Thank you again for taking time on responding!
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oh wait where can i plug in?
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