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Re: Depleted Uranium SG



Original poster: Jim Lux <jimlux@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

At 02:35 PM 10/1/2005, you wrote:
Original poster: "Mike" <mike.marcum@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Didn't realize the stuff was reactive like pure sodium/lithium/potassium/etc.

It's not that reactive. It's not even as reactive as things like magnesium or calcium, in the next column. Most metals will ignite spontaneously if finely divided enough (look up pyrophoric iron). It is like Yittrium, Titanium, Zirconium, etc.


Glad it was just  thought
and I wasn't going actually get and  machine the stuff.