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"vaporization" gun
I got my information on speeds of sound through various materials from this page: http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/tables/soundv.html#c1
Material v (m/s)
Diamond 12000
Pyrex glass 5640
Iron 5130
Aluminum 5100
Brass 4700
Copper 3560
Gold 3240
Lucite 2680
Lead 1322
Rubber 1600
This might sound a little crazy, but I'm a kind of 'curiousity-addict', so I'll ask anyway: If one of these substances were placed in the firing chamber of some kind of gun, a projectile placed in front of it, and then said substance was vaporized, would it expand at the same speed as sound travels through them, and therefore propel the projectile at that speed? Assuming of course both gun and projectile were made of an exotic material strong enough to withstand the friction.
I got my information on speeds of sound through various materials from this page: http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/tables/soundv.html#c1
Material v (m/s)
Diamond 12000
Pyrex glass 5640
Iron 5130
Aluminum 5100
Brass 4700
Copper 3560
Gold 3240
Lucite 2680
Lead 1322
Rubber 1600
This might sound a little crazy, but I'm a kind of 'curiousity-addict', so I'll ask anyway: If one of these substances were placed in the firing chamber of some kind of gun, a projectile placed in front of it, and then said substance was vaporized, would it expand at the same speed as sound travels through them, and therefore propel the projectile at that speed? Assuming of course both gun and projectile were made of an exotic material strong enough to withstand the friction.