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Exploding Wires

2019-05-21

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Putting electrical current through wires made from different metals.

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Some papers on exploding wires...

https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/5249160

https://physicstoday.scitation.org/doi/pdf/10.1063/1.3051737

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Intro
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Copper
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Green light
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Burn aluminium
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Burn magnesium
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Magnesium oxide
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Superconducting magnet
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Tungsten wire
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Tungsten spike
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Gold spike
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Gold flash
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molybdenum
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Angeloids
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Vertical wire
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Conclusion
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