New Energy Source

A metal property, previously unknown, is considered. Cold metal has been found to explode being in a solid state, and the resulting explosion power is far above that of the ordinary explosive. Only a portion of binding energy inherent to atoms in metal crystals is to be spent to set off an explosion. The power, inducing the explosion, needs to be supplied selectively to a group of charged particles: free electrons or ions bound in the crystal lattice nodes. The explosion energy, caused by the lattice disruption, does not exceed the binding energy and may be used to advantage.