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DetlefK

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1. As the article said: the laser gets too hot.

Reply to unhappycamper (Original post)

Thu Apr 11, 2013, 06:50 AM

Apr 2013

Adding a cooling-system will eat up the volume saved by not using ammunition. (A water-cooler could be too weak and had to be run with fresh-water. A vapor-compression-cycle like in a fridge should be enough. Liquid Nitrogen could be too cold and cause thermal strain on the material. And you don't want a LN-pipe to burst, especially in an already critical situation.)

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As the article said: the laser gets too hot. DetlefK Apr 2013 #1