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When you take all the U235 out of a sample of U and are left with only U238 it is depleted aka waste. storing it was expensive so they switched to
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One of the other uses for depleted uranium is for radioactive shielding. This is not a significantly radioactive material. It is, however, a toxic
heavy metal, very poisonous to ingest.
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I would be interested in some references on the shearing/self sharpening nature of DU rods, sounds interesting. I've been reading about ballistic
tiles and impact modeling and haven't come across it before.
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Okay, I have been served wrong--or at-least mostly. But that's cool, radioactive shielding using radioactive material! How well does it stand up
next to good old Pb?
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With regards to 'quarter shrinkers' the quarters are not shrunk at all. They just change shape and look much smaller. The can crushers compress cans
surly but thay are full of air.
Tungsten is used as a substitute by the US Navy (instead of DU) AFAIK.
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