Word: homopolar
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...years ago, when Physicist-Engineer Richard Marshall and his colleagues at the Australian National University in Canberra updated the old concept with some notable innovations, including the plasma-creating fuse. They also increased the gun's muzzle velocity by resorting to an unusual power source: a huge homopolar electric generator which uses two rapidly spinning flywheels to build up and store electricity. In bare ly a second the Canberra homopolar de livered as many as 500 megajoules of direct current - enough to light up a small city. Such a quick surge is essential for rapid buildup of the propelling...
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