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    A combustion light-gas gun (CLGG) is a projectile weapon that utilizes the explosive force of low molecular-weight combustible gases, such as hydrogen...
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    The light-gas gun is an apparatus for physics experiments. It is a highly specialized gun designed to generate extremely high velocities. It is usually...
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  • air pressure, or combustion of a flammable gas to fire projectiles, usually potatoes Propane cannon, a type of bird scarer Riot gun, a type of firearm...
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    Railgun (redirect from Rail Gun)
    potential prospects for development as military weapons. A light gas gun, the Combustion Light Gas Gun in a 155 mm prototype form was projected to achieve 2500 m/s...
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    solid, but can also be pressurized liquid (e.g. in water guns/cannons), or gas (e.g. light-gas gun). Solid projectiles may be free-flying (as with bullets...
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    successful gas-operated machine gun. Most current gas systems employ some type of piston. The face of the piston is acted upon by combustion gas from a port...
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    Artillery (redirect from Artillery gun)
    Gun System Artillery museums Barrage (artillery) Beehive anti-personnel round Coilgun Combustion light-gas gun Cordite Fuze Gun laying Light-gas gun Paris...
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  • railgun Coilgun Mass driver Ram accelerator Light-gas gun Pulsed plasma thruster MARAUDER Combustion light-gas gun R. Raman and K. Itami Conceptual Design...
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  • research into supersonic combustion. The scram cannon science fiction weapon was inspired by ram accelerators. Light-gas gun Railgun Plasma railgun Helical...
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    A gas turbine or gas turbine engine is a type of continuous flow internal combustion engine. The main parts common to all gas turbine engines form the...
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  • using a two-stage light-gas gun, with the ultimate goal of propelling satellites into Earth orbit. Design work on the prototype space gun began as early...
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    the cylinder. An internal combustion engine is acted upon by the pressure of the expanding combustion gases in the combustion chamber space at the top...
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    A gun barrel is a crucial part of gun-type weapons such as small firearms, artillery pieces, and air guns. It is the straight shooting tube, usually made...
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    Blowtorch (redirect from Oxy-gas)
    paraffin flame gun, 3 feet 3 inches = 1 m long Handheld propane blowtorch Large propane torch used for construction Butane torch Gas burner Oxy-fuel...
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    Spark gap (category Gas-filled tubes)
    widespread use today is in spark plugs to ignite the fuel in internal combustion engines, but they are also used in lightning arresters and other devices...
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    Recoil (redirect from Gun reaction)
    leaves the gun barrel, it obturates the bore and "plugs up" the expanding gas generated by the propellant combustion behind it. This means the gas is essentially...
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    Flashlight (redirect from Flash light)
    the bulb and the fill gas, with halogen-filled 12-volt lamps having the highest efficiency.[citation needed] Powerful white-light-emitting diodes (LEDs)...
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    dioxide (CO2) and other gases. Modern TOC analyzers perform this oxidation step by several processes: High temperature combustion High temperature catalytic...
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    recoil-operated light machine gun Remington Model 7600, a pump-action rifle The Winchester model 1200, 1300,and Super-X (SXP) Pump Shotguns SIG-Sauer MPX, a gas-operated...
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    propellant which replaced it are commonly described as gunpowder. The combustion products of smokeless powder are mainly gaseous, compared to around 55%...
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    is typically produced by incomplete combustion. Four common sources are: Internal combustion engine exhaust gas containing CO in the air being drawn...
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  • guns firing kinetic energy penetrator ammunition. To simulate orbital debris impacts on spacecraft, NASA launches projectiles through light-gas guns at...
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    projectile leaves the gun barrel, it obturates the bore and "plugs up" the pressurized gaseous products of the propellant combustion behind it, essentially...
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  • scramjet combustion Produce accelerators, cannons which use air pressure or combustion to launch large projectiles at low speed Accelerator, gas pedal or...
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    Firearm (redirect from Portable gun)
    more projectiles driven by rapidly expanding high-pressure gas produced by exothermic combustion (deflagration) of a chemical propellant, historically black...
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    and gas meters should be used to monitor the air before respirators are removed. Combustion spraying guns use oxygen and fuel gases. The fuel gases are...
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    generated by the propellant combustion will get transferred to the projectile. The residual energy in the propellant gases gets dissipated to the surrounding...
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  • this era required one to manually ignite a pilot light with a match; without the combustion the gas cloud would spread unimpeded. Carbon monoxide poisoning...
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    Muzzle flash (category Light sources)
    high-pressure gases from the muzzle of a firearm during shooting. Both the blast and flash are products of the exothermic combustion of the propellant...
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    of combustion gases following the departure of a projectile. All muzzle brake designs share a basic principle: to partially divert combustion gases from...
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