[TheForge] Weird nucular facts

[mpaietta]

       I actually know what DU does as    I spent awhile in
Marine arty. I also had friends that were FOs for A-10s   
during Desert Storm. I was just been lazy and did not finish
my thought    as I should have my apologies. Quote "A lot of
it is atomized into very fine    particles that go all over
the place." This basically hits on what I was    getting at.
Particulate was laid all around the targets that had been
hit.    When troops went in and disturbed any of the
particulate I am assuming some    ended up in their lungs.
   Regards
   Martin
   
> mpaietta wrote:
>    
> >  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
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