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Alternatives to gunpowder 2017-08-03 03:05:18 Post No. 34743377
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So I was playing Dishonored and came to wonder whether their bullets are plausible. Do refer to the image for how they look and work.
Is there any irl oil that could actually create enough explosive force to propel a bullet at lethal speeds? I really doubt it, then what other substances/compounds, liquid or not, would be capable of that? I'm genuinely curious
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_density
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There are some oils that could probably do it. But we never use them because it's too hard.
Unlike the whale oil in Dishonored (which works like pretty much a more well behaved nitroglycerin) IRL oils would need a mechanism to inject air and then ignite the oil. This would lead to a huge delay on the time between pulling the trigger and firing and also add a HUGE ammoun of complexty to the fire mechanism. I would be pretty much a car engine, with the bullets being disposable pistons that a changed evey time the fuel is ignited.
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