I read the whole theory, and it does not stand up, because "after" there is no energy to cause any "side reaction". DU is pyrophoric, and ignites in whole or in part upon impact. The powder left is uranium oxide. An oxide is a binary compound of oxygen.
Experts say: http://www.chugoku-np.co.jp/abom/uran/special/index2.html DU is approximately 2.5 times denser than iron and 1.7 times denser than lead. This high specific gravity means that, as a projectile fired from a tank or aircraft, it carries enough kinetic energy to blast through the tough armor of a tank. Furthermore, the impact of this penetration generates extreme heat. DU is pyrophoric, meaning that it burns on impact and can set the target on fire http://mapage.noos.fr/radiation/DU/InfoDU.html (Depleted) Uranium is used in munition because of its extremely high density and therefore its penetrating power. It is used in metallic form. On impact the kinetic energy is partially transformed into thermal energy, which causes the uranium - which is anyway pyrophoric, which means that it easily reacts with the oxygen from air - to ignite. Uranium is therefore (partially) oxidized to uranium oxide, which deposits as an extremely fine powder. Uranium oxide(s) are not soluble in water. When such small particles are inhaled after resuspension, they can deposit in the lung. The lung fluids may dissolve extremely slowly the uranium oxide particles and uranium is carried away in the body fluids. Part of it will be excreted, part of it will be deposited in different organs of the body, the critical organ being the kidney, as it is for other heavy metals. The health impact of uranium in this case will be only related to its chemical toxicity which is by far higher than the radiotoxicity. In case that such particles would be ingested and not inhaled, the particles will pass the body without being dissolved and without having any impact on health. EdB ----- Original Message ----- From: "kirk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <biofuel@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2003 1:58 PM Subject: RE: [biofuel] Dirty Bombing > >That is a side reaction and > > later. > > Pays to read the whole email. > > Kirk > > > -----Original Message----- > From: bratt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2003 11:18 AM > To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com > Subject: Re: [biofuel] Dirty Bombing > > > So then, if the exotheric reaction doesn't involve oxygen, there must be > some strange mysterious process by which uranium oxide powder appears on the > scene. > > Back to Bombs: > DEPLETED URANIUM IN BUNKER BOMBS > > America's big dirty secret > > Le Monde diplomatique, March 2002 > > > The United States loudly and proudly boasted this month of its new bomb > currently being used against al-Qaida hold-outs in Afghanistan; it sucks the > air from underground installations, suffocating those within. The US has > also admitted that it has used depleted uranium weaponry over the last > decade against bunkers in Iraq, Kosovo, and now Afghanistan. > > by RO > > > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > Biofuels list archives: > http://archive.nnytech.net/ > > Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. > To unsubscribe, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Save Smiley. Help put Messenger back in the office. http://us.click.yahoo.com/4PqtEC/anyFAA/i5gGAA/FGYolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
