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Post by Leda EmBorr on Sept 24, 2005 3:00:53 GMT -5
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Post by Plo Strax-Avix on Sept 24, 2005 6:17:17 GMT -5
This could explain how the lightsaber blade CAN be a plasma plume and still emmit little or no heat...
"The key to keeping the plasma pencil cool is its kilovolt electric field, which switches on and off thousands of times a second. This kicks the light electrons into high speeds, while the heavier ions are too weighty to be moved much by each zap of voltage. "It gives the electrons a lot of energy very quickly," says Laroussi.
Because electrons are so light, they impart very little heat energy to the material they crash into. "You get this plasma where the electrons are very hot, but the gas is very cool," explains plasma physicist Bill Graham of Queen's University, Belfast."
This opens up a whole new debate for what lightsaber blade really is...
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Post by Shatir Lavan on Sept 25, 2005 21:10:47 GMT -5
Just keep in mind that a lightsabre does a lot more than kill escherichia coli.
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Post by Leda EmBorr on Sept 26, 2005 6:29:53 GMT -5
I guess we have to start somewhere!
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Post by Plo Strax-Avix on Sept 26, 2005 7:59:31 GMT -5
I guess we have to start somewhere!
The lightbulb started off as electricity running through a simple wire...look what it has evolved to...Today we have LED which emmits no heat and is brighter then any other form of lighting of the same size...and LED sheets is no longer science fiction |
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Post by Starkindler (The Naked Jedi) on Sept 26, 2005 12:56:38 GMT -5
I must say that this thread makes me feel somewhat vindicated....in the "Lightsaber Mechanics" thread...I thought it could work rather this way.
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