tlb wrote:Joat42 wrote:I'm not so sure your assumption is correct about how kinetic energy is converted. Plus, considering the properties of lead - it's not a metal known for sparking regardless of any amount of mundane energy applied to it.
You have been strong on criticism, but perhaps weak on giving us a narrative of what you think happens when the bullet "hits the wall".
I wonder if that is because you will have to criticize RFC and say that he is wrong about the "fiery flash". It certainly seems as though you doubt its existence. As for me, I will insist (unless RFC makes a retraction) that lead bullets do make a flash as their structure is reduced to individual atoms by the focused gravity wall.
I have already described what happens to an object when it hits a steep gravity gradient, remember the whole "will get secondary effects due to internal friction when atoms accelerates faster than its surrounding companions plus you have atomic bonds being broken which also tend to release energy" ?
The kinetic energy a bullet has doesn't really matter because it's a miniscule amount of energy compared to what happens to the bullet when it hits a steep gravity gradient and per textev of momentum transfer, the kinetic energy is soaked up by the projectors/generators.