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<p>[QUOTE="LakeEffect, post: 3143098, member: 43201"]I had not seen that site before. I don't know that it's in play here but it's fascinating stuff.</p><p><br /></p><p><i><font size="4">Since the energy is discharged within 20-40 millionths of a second, the peak power briefly approaches the electrical power consumed by a large city.<span style="color: #000000"> The repulsion forces between the work coil and the coin create radial compressive forces that easily overcome the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yield_%28engineering%29" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yield_%28engineering%29" rel="nofollow">yield strength</a> of the alloys in the coin, causing the coin's diameter to shrink. </span>A 5,000 joule pulse reduces a US clad quarter to the diameter of a dime. </font></i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="LakeEffect, post: 3143098, member: 43201"]I had not seen that site before. I don't know that it's in play here but it's fascinating stuff. [I][SIZE=4]Since the energy is discharged within 20-40 millionths of a second, the peak power briefly approaches the electrical power consumed by a large city.[COLOR=#000000] The repulsion forces between the work coil and the coin create radial compressive forces that easily overcome the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yield_%28engineering%29']yield strength[/URL] of the alloys in the coin, causing the coin's diameter to shrink. [/COLOR]A 5,000 joule pulse reduces a US clad quarter to the diameter of a dime. [/SIZE][/I][/QUOTE]
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