Re: Bullet striking metal surface produce spark?

In sci.physics, jimp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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on Sat, 10 Mar 2007 17:15:02 GMT
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G=EMC^2 Glazier <herbertglazier@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Jim Just a little tongue and cheek. Still I would like to know the temp
of a very high speed bullet going a great distance. Bert

A very high speed bullet would be one leaving the muzzle at around
3500 feet per second and a great distance would be 1000 yards, at
which point the bullet is going in the neighborhood of 1500 feet per
second.

Your normal high power rifle has a muzzle velocity of around 2600
feet per second.

Bullets are designed to minimize friction.

Bullets cool during flight; the act of firing them heats them orders
of magnitude more than the trivial friction.


Indeed; there's also the little issue of the muzzle getting hot. :-)

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