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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. Light sabers are not hot by tuxlove · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Light sabers work at the subatomic level, disintegrating matter. However, heat is generated within resistant materials, giving the impression that the sabers themselves are actually hot. Don't the slashdot guys know this?

  2. Re:It's not an issue of just temperature by heiders · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Dunno about you, but I've never seen "steel" on my periodic table. Maybe I have the unpatched version...

  3. Re:Mod me please? by 4D6963 · · Score: 5, Insightful
    It's all good, today is not a good day to have mod points anyways, I guess.

    Seeing how the grand-parent got modded, I conclude that I hardly understand any logic in the modders mind anyways. Instead of considering using quasars for encryption, they should rather consider using /. mods.

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    You just got troll'd!