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Coilgun

Coilgun meaning

Any of various devices that use electromagnets to accelerate a magnetic projectile via non contact means

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The thought of using coilgun systems that fire relatively light, ferromagnetic slugs is also floated in the 2012 paper, but sulfur-adapted systems don’t yet exist.

Although any device used to propel a ballistic payload is technically a mass driver, in this context a mass driver is essentially a coilgun that magnetically accelerates a package consisting of a magnetizable holder containing a payload.

ETC requires much less energy input from outside sources, like a battery, than a railgun or a coilgun would.