there was a mod to the L-1011 airplane that involved putting depleted
uranium weights as counterbalances on a couple of control arms - I wonder
what happens to those weights when the planes are decomissioned.

and, if you go to iraq, near the kuwait border, you will find a fair amount
of it from the desert storm campaign - of course it's a bit of a trip.


"Lane" lane (no spam) at copperaccents dot com wrote in message
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"Bruce W.1" wrote in message
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I've read that depleted uranium is six times as dense as lead. It would
be nifty to have a chunk of it, that is if it's not radioactive.

The US military uses it for missile nosecones and whatnot, so it can't
be
very dangerous.

Is this a controlled material? If not then does anyone know where I can
get a small piece?

Thanks for your help.


From: http://science.howstuffworks.com/bunker-buster3.htm
"Density - Depleted uranium is 1.7 times heavier than lead, and 2.4 times
heavier than steel. "

Something that I didn't know:
"Depleted uranium burns. It is something like magnesium in this regard. If
you heat uranium up in an oxygen environment (normal air), it will ignite
and burn with an extremely intense flame. Once inside the target, burning
uranium is another part of the bomb's destructive power."

From: http://www.gulflink.osd.mil/faq_17apr.htm
"Depleted uranium is a heavy metal that is also slightly radioactive"
and give further information about the effects and the human body.

From: http://www.miltoxproj.org/DU%20Fact%20Sheet.htm
DU is regulated as a radioactive substance by the Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.