[TheForge] Forging Tungsten

[peter fels & phoebe palmer]

The areas where we used a lot of DU ammo now have much higher rates of 
leukemia.

On 10/25/2010 2:05 PM, Andrew Vida wrote:
>
> ries wrote:
>> the story I heard, which may or may not be true, is that he was using
>> depleted uranium rounds after they had been shot at somebody, but
>> missed. When they hit, especially something like an armored vehicle,
>> they turn to plasma and burn right thru the armor- but in the middle
>> east, there are a fair amount of them just sitting around on the
>> ground.
> The penetrators certainly liquefy on impact - not sure there is enough
> energy to generate a plasma, but I could be wrong there.
>
> Using a DU longrod as a smithing tool strikes me as something a bit
> beyond stupid.  The uranium is highly toxic - especially its oxides, and
> if I recall correctly, the metal is pyrophoric as well.  Ever see
> enriched uranium being processed?  Example: when the buttons are worked
> after casting to remove scale, the scrapers spark like crazy.  It's a
> really eerie sight... at least to me anyhow.
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