compass will
03-27-2008, 09:20 PM
I read this about FARC in Columbia buying depleted uranium. That's not much more then lead is it? Here is a clip.
(just found my answer: Depleted uranium is very dense; at 19050 kg/m³, it is almost 70 percent denser than lead. Thus a given weight of it has a smaller diameter than an equivalent lead projectile, with less aerodynamic drag and deeper penetration due to a higher pressure at point of impact. DU projectile ordnance is often incendiary because of its pyrophoric property.)
"It is toxic when ingested. I would not let children play with it," he said. "But it is not dirty-bomb material."
The seizure raises questions about whether the source that provided the uranium to the FARC also could supply more dangerous materials or whether it was a scam to trick the leftist insurgency into believing that it was buying something more valuable. The computer files suggested that the FARC would purchase 50 kilograms— 110 pounds— of uranium at $2.5 million per kilo.
1 Kilogram = 2.20462 Pounds so that $1.13 mil per pound!
(just found my answer: Depleted uranium is very dense; at 19050 kg/m³, it is almost 70 percent denser than lead. Thus a given weight of it has a smaller diameter than an equivalent lead projectile, with less aerodynamic drag and deeper penetration due to a higher pressure at point of impact. DU projectile ordnance is often incendiary because of its pyrophoric property.)
"It is toxic when ingested. I would not let children play with it," he said. "But it is not dirty-bomb material."
The seizure raises questions about whether the source that provided the uranium to the FARC also could supply more dangerous materials or whether it was a scam to trick the leftist insurgency into believing that it was buying something more valuable. The computer files suggested that the FARC would purchase 50 kilograms— 110 pounds— of uranium at $2.5 million per kilo.
1 Kilogram = 2.20462 Pounds so that $1.13 mil per pound!