Or how I learned to love depleted uranium


	Or how I learned to love depleted uranium

Razsk

8-13-2007 7:57 AM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/3a2ed8e8-6b2e-4bd4-9bc7-47be8eb752fb/D793F536-9063-4519-8B93-C1A361517BE8/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Uranium&oldid=150641485" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Uranium&oldid=150641485" style="font-size: 11px;">en.wikipedia.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Uranium&oldid=150641485">The major application of uranium in the military sector is in high-density penetrators. This ammunition consists of <A title="Depleted uranium" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depleted_uranium">depleted uranium</A> (DU) alloyed with 1–2% other elements. At high impact speed, the density, hardness, and flammability of the projectile enable destruction of heavily armored targets. Tank armor and the removable armor on combat vehicles are also hardened with depleted uranium (DU) plates.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Uranium&oldid=150641485"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/en.wikipedia.org/img/697AC4C2-C3F6-40A4-8AAC-9896FA00C28E" alt="Depleted uranium is used by various militaries as high-density penetrators." /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Uranium&oldid=150641485">Depleted uranium is also used as a shielding material in some containers used to store and transport radioactive materials.<SUP class="reference" id="_ref-SciTechEncy_2"><A title="" href="#_note-SciTechEncy">[4]</A></SUP> Other uses of DU include counterweights for aircraft control surfaces, as ballast for missile <A title="Atmospheric reentry" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atmospheric_reentry">re-entry vehicles</A> and as a shielding material.<SUP class="reference" id="_ref-LANL_3"><A title="" href="#_note-LANL">[3]</A></SUP> Due to its high density, this material is found in <A title="Inertial guidance system" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inertial_guidance_system">inertial guidance</A> devices and in <A title="Gyroscope" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyroscope">gyroscopic</A> <A title="Compass" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compass">compasses</A></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Uranium&oldid=150641485">Counter to popular belief, the main risk of exposure to DU is chemical poisoning by uranium oxide rather than radioactivity (uranium being only a weak <A title="Alpha decay" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha_decay">alpha emitter</A>).</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/D793F536-9063-4519-8B93-C1A361517BE8/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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