Aspiring Writer Posted November 22, 2020 Report Share Posted November 22, 2020 This has officially turned into a series of new posts. I swear the mods are going to look at this and be confused about what to do. Especially this one about killing people. So, topic of the day... how much electricity (What's the measurement for this, voltage, watts, current, amps, I'm still confused about this.) to kill a person INSTANTLY. I need instantaneous death. And once that is figured out, what effects would this have if it just appeared in your hand, like how far could this travel? Because this should arc toward the nearest object, so whats the range, perse, of this, and is there actually a range or will it just, like, go into the ground, if you could not tell, I am very confused by this stuff still. Also, assume the electricity will not register you for how far it will travel. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Condensation Posted November 22, 2020 Report Share Posted November 22, 2020 Is this one that you could just look up? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aspiring Writer Posted November 22, 2020 Author Report Share Posted November 22, 2020 41 minutes ago, Condensation said: Is this one that you could just look up? Trying and failing to get coherent answers. Electricity is confusing. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frustration Posted November 23, 2020 Report Share Posted November 23, 2020 The human body is not very conductive, but it only takes like(I forget the exact number) 0.1 amps to stop the heart. if it only happened to the hand? I don't know. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Krox Posted November 23, 2020 Report Share Posted November 23, 2020 This is a tough nut to crack as it isn't really a straight forward answer. 46 minutes ago, Frustration said: The human body is not very conductive, but it only takes like(I forget the exact number) 0.1 amps to stop the heart. if it only happened to the hand? I don't know. If you get the current through the heart and interrupt the cardiac rythm you'll cause cardiac arrest and potentially death - but that is a very unreliable way to kill someone! You got the number right it seems! If you went high voltage high amps you would fry someone, as @Frustration says; the body isn't very conductive and will soak up alot of the energy. People survive having been struck by lightning at insane amp and voltage, but you will die sticking two cables into the socket in your home (holding both parts) which is only a few hundret amps and usually around 240V. To be honest, I don't have any answer here and request someone with more knowledge of physiology to answer! This page seemed fairly alright however: https://www.asc.ohio-state.edu/physics/p616/safety/fatal_current.html 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearer of all agonies Posted November 23, 2020 Report Share Posted November 23, 2020 Well, how much electricity comes out of an outlet? If you put a fork in an outlet you could kill yourself, so you f we know how much that is, then we could know about how much electricity will kill an average human. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Condensation Posted November 23, 2020 Report Share Posted November 23, 2020 21 hours ago, Aspiring Writer said: Trying and failing to get coherent answers. Electricity is confusing. Okay. It's true, it is. Also, I'm slightly worried about reading your books. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aspiring Writer Posted November 23, 2020 Author Report Share Posted November 23, 2020 2 minutes ago, Condensation said: Okay. It's true, it is. Also, I'm slightly worried about reading your books. What, people capable of summoning enough electricity to kill someone in an instance is too scary? Also, don't worry, this is for a different series entirely, SotU will have other ways of giving you nightmares. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Condensation Posted November 23, 2020 Report Share Posted November 23, 2020 7 minutes ago, Aspiring Writer said: What, people capable of summoning enough electricity to kill someone in an instance is too scary? Also, don't worry, this is for a different series entirely, SotU will have other ways of giving you nightmares. Oh, okay. Good to know on both. I just thought you were planning to kill people. Like, a lot of them. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aspiring Writer Posted November 23, 2020 Author Report Share Posted November 23, 2020 Just now, Condensation said: Oh, okay. Good to know on both. I just thought you were planning to kill people. Like, a lot of them. In the books or Irl? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Condensation Posted November 23, 2020 Report Share Posted November 23, 2020 Just now, Aspiring Writer said: In the books or Irl? In the books. I just laughed so hard. Also, I'm a Full Feruchemist now. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aspiring Writer Posted November 23, 2020 Author Report Share Posted November 23, 2020 (edited) 1 minute ago, Condensation said: In the books. I just laughed so hard. Also, I'm a Full Feruchemist now. Cool. Also, there si something in my books called the extermination war. Where entire species are genocided. Edited November 23, 2020 by Aspiring Writer 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Condensation Posted November 23, 2020 Report Share Posted November 23, 2020 Just now, Aspiring Writer said: Cool. Also, there si something in my books called the genocide war. Where entire species are genocided. Fun... Which book/books? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aspiring Writer Posted November 23, 2020 Author Report Share Posted November 23, 2020 Just now, Condensation said: Fun... Which book/books? the one you're reading 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Condensation Posted November 23, 2020 Report Share Posted November 23, 2020 Just now, Aspiring Writer said: the one you're reading Shoot. I'll keep reading, I guess. I don't like death much, though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aspiring Writer Posted November 23, 2020 Author Report Share Posted November 23, 2020 Just now, Condensation said: Shoot. I'll keep reading, I guess. I don't like death much, though. Well, unfortunately, death is everywhere in my books. Though you may not see much of it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Condensation Posted November 23, 2020 Report Share Posted November 23, 2020 That's true, I've noticed that. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shard of Reading Posted November 24, 2020 Report Share Posted November 24, 2020 @Aspiring Writer this isn't really related to your specific question, but my dad reads a blog by a medieval historian who writes really interesting things about basically everything. He posts new articles regularly and they might be related to things you seem to be curious about. Here's the link: https://acoup.blog/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theTruthshaper Posted November 28, 2020 Report Share Posted November 28, 2020 AFAIK the *time* for which the electric current is flowing in the body is important. So, you can get away with a pretty low voltage as long as you can maintain it, and you don't want to send it through the air. If you do want to send it through the air, then you would need a very high voltage which would change with the range of the lightning. An additional problem is that if you try to send lightning through the air, the lightning will simply hit the ground unless the person is closer to your hands then the ground is. You could simply let the have more control over the lightning but that would imply that there are much easier ways of killing someone with their powers then shooting lightning at them. Oh and, lightning can't do anything to metal armors or the person inside it, unless you make it so strong that the metal heats up enough to kill the person inside. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aspiring Writer Posted November 28, 2020 Author Report Share Posted November 28, 2020 46 minutes ago, Ookla of Truthshapers said: AFAIK the *time* for which the electric current is flowing in the body is important. So, you can get away with a pretty low voltage as long as you can maintain it, and you don't want to send it through the air. If you do want to send it through the air, then you would need a very high voltage which would change with the range of the lightning. An additional problem is that if you try to send lightning through the air, the lightning will simply hit the ground unless the person is closer to your hands then the ground is. You could simply let the have more control over the lightning but that would imply that there are much easier ways of killing someone with their powers then shooting lightning at them. Oh and, lightning can't do anything to metal armors or the person inside it, unless you make it so strong that the metal heats up enough to kill the person inside. Wouldn't the person in the armor be electrocuted? The armor is touching them, and metal is very conductive. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theTruthshaper Posted November 28, 2020 Report Share Posted November 28, 2020 4 hours ago, Aspiring Writer said: Wouldn't the person in the armor be electrocuted? The armor is touching them, and metal is very conductive. Exactly, the metal is very conductive and will conduct the electricity. You only get shocked when your body conducts electricity. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aspiring Writer Posted November 28, 2020 Author Report Share Posted November 28, 2020 6 hours ago, Ookla of Truthshapers said: Exactly, the metal is very conductive and will conduct the electricity. You only get shocked when your body conducts electricity. Your body is also very conductive, being mostly water. If your touching a charged piece of metal, you will get shocked. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theTruthshaper Posted November 29, 2020 Report Share Posted November 29, 2020 10 hours ago, Aspiring Writer said: Your body is also very conductive, being mostly water. If your touching a charged piece of metal, you will get shocked. There is a difference between a charged piece of metal and metal which is conducting electricity into the ground. This is essentially that the charged piece is not touching the ground. If it would have been touching the ground, it would not have remained charged. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aspiring Writer Posted November 29, 2020 Author Report Share Posted November 29, 2020 1 minute ago, Ookla of Truthshapers said: There is a difference between a charged piece of metal and metal which is conducting electricity into the ground. This is essentially that the charged piece is not touching the ground. If it would have been touching the ground, it would not have remained charged. ... okay, I think we're both confusing each other. So if a person wearing full plate armor and someone who could produce enough electricity to kill them in let's say two seconds in their hands touchs their breastplate and shocks them, would the person in the armor not die? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theTruthshaper Posted November 29, 2020 Report Share Posted November 29, 2020 Just now, Aspiring Writer said: ... okay, I think we're both confusing each other. So if a person wearing full plate armor and someone who could produce enough electricity to kill them in let's say two seconds in their hands touchs their breastplate and shocks them, would the person in the armor not die? Nope. Unless the armor was not touching the ground. As long as there is a continuous line of metal from the breast plate to the ground, the person in the armor would practically feel nothing except heat. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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