Here's a reference which should give you a good but brief outline of Uranium and it associated properties and uses.
http://pearl1.lanl.gov/periodic/elements/92.html Incendentally this reference is taken from the CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics a great reference manual. I still have my old copy in storage - great paper weight ;) Now one thing I've forgotten is that uranium is also pyrophoric when finely divided. I wonder if that property can be capitalized on to cause harm. Not only could one use Uranium (235, 238 whatever) as an incendiary device but both types of U will leave a radioactive hazard. Of course it's more logical to use U-238 for that. regards joe On Sat, 17 Nov 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Fri, 16 Nov 2001, Tim May wrote: > > > Gold is malleable AND is denser than steel. > > > > Uranium is NOT malleable AND is denser than steel. > > Incorrect. Uranium is an actinide series element. It is a hard silver > almost white substance which is both malleable and ductile. Of course > this does not imply you should use it as a replacement for duck > tape. Also like gold it has a luster when polished. > > > The main reason for using DU in armor-piercing shells is the sheer > > density. > > correct > > > The bomb instructions Joe provided are as accurate as most recipes in > > "The Anarchist Cookbook." > > > > (A book my local Sheriff's Department banned in 1970.) > > not surprised. > > regards > joe > > -- The dot.GOD Registry, Limited http://www.dot-god.com/
