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How Hot Would a Light Saber Really Be?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the whizzz-vroom dept.

Datagod asks: "Has anyone ever calculated the temperature you would need to be able to slice through steel like it was thin air? How hot would a light saber really need to be? Also, I am assuming that at least some of the metal would be vaporized and the expanding gas would fling bits of molten metal at the saber wielder. Wouldn't your average Jedi be horribly scarred from all this."

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  1. Re:Very hot. by kryten_nl · · Score: 5, Informative

    Very, very cold.

    As the anti-protons move at uniform speed and the temperature is defined by the relative speed of particles wrt the flow.

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  2. All your answers ... by psergiu · · Score: 5, Informative

    ... are HERE .

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  3. Re:2nd post by cekerr · · Score: 5, Informative

    When I clicked on the link:
    "The House Subcommittee on Modern Intergalactic Weapons Development and Regulation"
    My Firefox browser was hijacked, endless screens opened up and somebody's voice came over the speaker saying I know not what. One of the screens was an unpleasant image.
    OK, I've been April Fooled. But I doubt it was the sort of thing slash.dot approves of and if it does, I'm disapointed.
    Yes, I know all sorts of clever people can hijack my computer via malicious links. But I had hoped for better standards around here.
    I'm now on the 4 hour virus scan/spyware checking cycle on my laptop. Just as well it's Saturday.