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Just read this: Things I Won’t Work With: Azidoazide Azides, More Or Less
IMO Blog is excellent and this article made my cry out of laughter.
http://youtu.be/ckSoDW2-wrc?t=178
Just read this: Things I Won’t Work With: Azidoazide Azides, More Or Less
IMO Blog is excellent and this article made my cry out of laughter.
Russian pressurized modules on the ISS are more cramped compared to the rest of the station (American/European/Japanese) because they aren't using the Common Berthing Mechanism ports which have larger diameter hatches.Interesting how cramped some of these modules are.
A square meter of single layer neutronium would weight 644 kg.
Would that make a good armor plate?
For a time approximately less than 1.28 hours. After that you wouldn't have much armour left.
I think good armor is defined by "hardness", not mass alone.
I think Artlav is assuming same stabilising mechanism as in neutron star. They tend to last more than mere 1.28 hours.
I was re-siding my house with cedar shakes, and had a bunch that were too narrow to use (paint sticks). I put them out on the curb in a box with a sign that said 'FREE' on it. I walked back to the house, and then went out less than 5 minutes later and they were gone.:huh:
In my neighborhood I actually think that I could stop paying for trash pickup by putting my trash out on the curb with a 'FREE' sign on it. There are a lot of packrats in this area who can't pass up free-anything.
I'm not mad enough to have it before i actually need some.And please, tell me you've got some neutronium in your mad scientist lab!
Wearing a neutron star on the other hand, would give "A magnetic personality" a completely new spin. Also it could get a bit hot, regarding that neutron stars only exist by resisting degeneration pressure.
A square meter of single layer neutronium would weight 644 kg.
Would that make a good armor plate?
New math problem - how much radiation damage would you get if you were to stand under a 10-ton rocket hovering on a pure beam of neutrinos...?
Materials that explode violently tend to make poor armor.
Err that is what ERA (Explosive reactive armour) is..
True it is more complex and considerably less energetic, but neutronium might be good for Hyper velocity projectiles.
When exposed to vacuum (which, in neutron start terms, even Earth's core, let alone its surface, might as well be) neutronium spends all of its time exploding violently. This tends to inhibit its use as armor.