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A railgun is a form of gun that converts electrical energy—rather than the more conventional chemical energy from an explosive propellant—into projectile kinetic energy. It is not to be confused with a coilgun (Gauss gun). The term railgun is also used for conventional firearms used in the Unlimited class of benchrest shooting. Michigan's guide to barber equipment and supply stores.

Overview

Railguns utilize an electromagnetic force called the Lorentz force to propel an electrically conductive projectile that is initially part of the current path. Sometimes they also use a movable armature connecting the rails. The current flowing through the rails sets up a magnetic field between them and through the projectile perpendicularly to the current in it. This results in a mutual repulsion of the rails and the acceleration of the projectile along them.

The world's first large scale railgun was designed and constructed in the 1970s by John P. Welcome to Ebony Barber Supply. Barber, a Ph. D. Scholar from Canada and his advisor Richard A. Marshall from New Zealand, in the Research School of Physical Sciences at the Australian National University. The system used the very large (500 MJ of stored energy) Mark Oliphant homopolar generator as its energy source. Learn about Barber Supply.