Today, May 4 is Star Wars Day. The date was corrected thanks to a pun on the famous phrase “May Force “being with you” is celebrated around the world. Fans of the legend celebrate the day with a series of events including movie screenings, games, cosplay contests and thematic product launches.
The object of desire of any fan, the lightsaber has been copied with various functions, but until now away from breaking through security gates and detonating droid armor.
To take a scientific view on the matter, Robert Jones, a researcher at King’s College London’s School of Natural Sciences, Mathematics and Engineering, explained the theoretical construction of a real lightsaber on The Next Web site.
How to make a lightsaber: materials and preparation
According to Jones, there are six basic prerequisites that every lightsaber must have: light and shine when in use, cutting through objects, being retractable, making that little hissing sound, crossing with another lightsaber without breaking, and above all following the “cool rule” . (Character aesthetics are more important than logic).
Since there are no Kyber crystals on Earth, we have to use a mixture of liquid fuel and oxidizer to make a single beam of high intensity and cutting power. Fuel doesn’t have to be fancy: just one of the propane barbecue tubes sold online.
The other component is called laminar flow.The physical principle that the particles that make up a liquid (or gas) move in smooth parallel layers in the same direction and without colliding with each other. An example of this is our bath water running out of the shower.
lightsaber: ending
Jones explains that the color of the blade can be achieved by burning certain chemical compounds at the tip of the hilt. So, take famous Red Sith, We can use strontium metal. Already purple Mace Windu can be obtained with potassium chloride.
The more complex problem of passing the blade through the enemy’s without breaking was solved by the British physicist with a theoretical core of material with a high melting point. — an alloy of tantalum carbide and hafnium, for example — expanded telescopically by the super-hot flame of the propellant.
Source: Tec Mundo
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