Homemade coil gun
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CaptainChewbacca
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Re: Homemade coil gun
That wouldn't happen, the magnetic field is very powerful but doesn't extend beyond the gun coil.
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starslayer
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Re: Homemade coil gun
Not quite true; it is still quite strong near the ends of the solenoids, but does drop off very rapidly in any other direction (in fact, the field outside an infinitely long solenoid is zero).