[TheForge] Weird nucular facts

[Grover Richardson]

Lesson learned.  When you shoot the enemy, don't go looking for
souvenirs<G>.

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>*>mpaietta wrote:
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>*>> I wonder if DU rounds are like thorated tungsten for TIGs? 
>*>For those 
>*>> that don't know there are different Tungsten you can use 
>*>in a TIG and 
>*>> thorated is one which is mildly radio active. On it's own 
>*>it is fine, 
>*>> but when it is ground for to make the tip, you get 
>*>radioactive dust. 
>*>> What do you think happens to DU rounds when they slam in to other 
>*>> metal.
>*>
>*>	DU rounds liquefy on impact.  They penetrate because of 
>*>the density and 
>*>resulting momentum, which is applied to a very small area.  As it 
>*>enters, say, the turret of a tank it does so as a shower of 
>*>molten armor 
>*>and uranium.  A lot of it is atomized into very fine 
>*>particles that go 
>*>all over the place.
>*>
>*>	As someone noted earlier, the greatest hazard posed by 
>*>elements such as 
>*>uranium and plutonium is usually not the radiation but the extreme 
>*>chemical toxicity of the heavy metal. 
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