Plasma Rifle

I cleared this yesterday, figured I might as well release this to the public since it probably won't work (and if it does, well, we were all gonna die anyway...). So let's have a little chemistry lesson. Plasma is a gas, although nowadays scientists are lobbying for it to become a fourth element all unto itself. There are several forms of plasma, all basically based on how hot they get (like, there's a class one, class two...I'm just simplifying here, I don't know what the actual classification is). We all know a gas is a bunch of loose molecules bouncing around really, really fast. So. Plasma can be made, and as a matter of fact, those big glass orbs that you see with the "electricity" stemming from a core in the middle? Yeah. That's low-charged plasma. Our idea was that hypothetically, if you took a low atomic count foil (i.e., Tin, Aluminum) and vaporized it with a sudden jolt of high-voltage electricity, it would form plasma as the air energized and heated it beyond the "crisp or melt" point. (NOTE: The air around the railgun projectile in the picture I recently put up, specifically behind it, is plasma created from the friction of its speed and the air colliding with it.) I think if you got together a bunch of high-energy capacitors, a couple of large lithium batteries, high-voltage wire, a basic frame, a bunch of caffiene and a smart friend, you could build this. Keep in mind, this is all theoretical; I based my hypothesis on an article I read and multiple YouTube movies (just type in "Plasma"...it's absolutely stunning, all the videos that come up with legitimate experiments).

Effects: Predictable effects of a plasma bolt or ball would be total annihilation of whatever you were "aiming" at. Seriously, this stuff gets fucking hot. Theoretically, this weapon would be obsolete because the air around the plasma would energize, leading to a chain reaction where the user would end up frying themselves to a potato crisp. Now, if a bolt hit something, and if it was polarized, etc., it might implode temporarily, then explode outward with triple the force. These are all guesses, true, but provable guesses, educated guesses, probable guesses.

Guys, this is one I wouldn't do for that school science fair. I don't think the judges give away ribbons for blowing half the gym to hell and gone.