Warhead data

[ArmySGT.]

Originally Posted by kato13

If we want to go for super scifi warheads and bombs, there have been rumblings that metallic hydrogen has been produced in the lab. And this could be a stable form of the element even after it is removed from the ultra cold and ultra high pressure environment. (I have no idea about its stability to shock and such, but it is theorized that is could exist in room temperature)

This could lead to an explosive that is 35 times a powerful as TNT per gram and with a density of 1.11g /cm^3 (much higher that previously theorized).

So by volume is would be about 23.6 times a powerful.

It might actually end up being more powerful in practice as the byproduct of the initial reaction is H2 meaning that could combine with oxygen for an even larger explosion.

TMP warheads with metallic hydrogen instead of HE/TNT/RDX?

Ouch.

[kato13]

Originally Posted by ArmySGT.

TMP warheads with metallic hydrogen instead of HE/TNT/RDX?

Ouch.

Super powerful explosives might just be a "happy" addition to other advanced tech if TMP was able to produce metallic hydrogen. It would also be a room temp superconductor AND a material which might be able to achieve fusion without the normal rigmarole.

Given the material was theorized in the 30s and it seems that only a bit of ingenuity (coating the diamond presses with aluminum) was the breakthrough needed, TMP could have achieved it in the 60s.

[mmartin798]

Originally Posted by ArmySGT.

TMP warheads with metallic hydrogen instead of HE/TNT/RDX?

Ouch.

Now I am imagining the overwatch from a TMP sniper with an M82 using Raufoss Mk 211 rounds with metal hydrogen.

[ArmySGT.]

I was thinking of the irony of the White Phosphorous grenade having an effective radius greater than typical throwing range already.

[ArmySGT.]

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