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Phaser firepower
Posted: 2003-01-17 06:58am
by His Divine Shadow
Got this quote from some nosy brat aussie who's name will remain unknown
RIKER: Data... noranium vaporizes at... ?
DATA: Two thousand three hundred fourteen degrees. Of course, noranium carbide alloys vaporize at a slightly higher temperature.
Riker indicates the pile of alloys -- Worf, Data, and Geordi catch on.
GEORDI: Phaser setting seven ought to do it...
Riker nods; all four adjust their phasers.
25 ANOTHER ANGLE (OPTICAL)
as Riker, Data, Geordi, and Worf FIRE at the pile of noranium. The noranium quickly bellows huge clouds of SMOKE -- filling the area almost immediately.
RIKER
Now!
25A ANGLE
In a quick moment, Riker gives the others sotto voce instructions, then using the smoke as cover, the four make a break for it.
Well, think ya can make some calcs?
Posted: 2003-01-17 07:55am
by Ted C
Probably not. "Noranium" sounds like an element, but there's no such element in the periodic table. "Noranium carbide" sounds like a compound, but they describe it as an alloy. Consequently, we have no idea what they're actually talking about; it makes no sense in modern material-science terms.
All we really know about this "alloy" is its boiling point, and that's pretty useless. We don't know its specific heat, we don't know its melting point, we don't know its heat of fusion, we don't know its heat of vaporization, and we don't even know the mass of material involved.
So, from a calculation standpoint, this incident is completely useless.
Note also, from Mike's database, that the evidents indicates that the phaser shots actually set this material on fire, further muddying the waters.
Posted: 2003-01-17 09:52pm
by Uraniun235
Ted C wrote:Probably not. "Noranium" sounds like an element, but there's no such element in the periodic table.
"Ammonium" also sounds like an element, but there's no such element.
Posted: 2003-01-17 09:55pm
by Darth Wong
Perhaps it's a typo, and they meant to say "moronium", which seems to be the material of choice in Star Trek
Posted: 2003-01-18 12:36am
by Ted C
Uraniun235 wrote:
"Ammonium" also sounds like an element, but there's no such element.
That observation, of course, does nothing to reveal the nature of "noranium".
Posted: 2003-01-19 03:35pm
by Slartibartfast
Isn't "titanium" an alloy? Sorry if I'm being an ignoramus, but I think it's not an element, even if it sounds like one... or what exactly is titanium anyway?
"Noranium carbide" though...
Posted: 2003-01-19 03:54pm
by His Divine Shadow
Darth Wong wrote:Perhaps it's a typo, and they meant to say "moronium", which seems to be the material of choice in Star Trek
There's also Nobranium or Nocranium
Posted: 2003-01-19 03:59pm
by Grand Admiral Thrawn
Phaser firepower is ST stuff.
[img]http://supreme_sheridan.tripod.com/images/thread_moved.txt[/img]
Posted: 2003-01-19 04:01pm
by Enlightenment
GAT: Really?
SWvST -> PST.
Posted: 2003-01-19 05:24pm
by Ted C
Slartibartfast wrote:Isn't "titanium" an alloy? Sorry if I'm being an ignoramus, but I think it's not an element, even if it sounds like one... or what exactly is titanium anyway?
Titanium is (drum roll please)... an
element!
Atomic Number 22
http://www.webelements.com/webelements/ ... i/key.html
Posted: 2003-01-19 05:45pm
by Alyeska
Enlightenment wrote:GAT: Really?
SWvST -> PST.
This thread belongs in the PST. There is no Wars related material being discussed here.
Posted: 2003-01-19 05:51pm
by Enlightenment
Alyeska wrote:This thread belongs in the PST. There is no Wars related material being discussed here.
That's what I said.
Posted: 2003-01-19 06:03pm
by Alyeska
Enlightenment wrote:Alyeska wrote:This thread belongs in the PST. There is no Wars related material being discussed here.
That's what I said.
DOH!
Posted: 2003-01-20 02:41am
by Slartibartfast
Hm, ok I knew all along, yeah.
Posted: 2003-01-20 04:23am
by Crayz9000
What forum was it moved FROM in the first place?
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