Re: Depleted Uranium SG

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Original poster: robert heidlebaugh <rheidlebaugh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

I've been there.  DON'T TRY IT!!! Depleated uranium is very hard, but it is
flamable and will burn while drilling it with out cooling. You could easly
get a lung of uranium oxide and " gulf war sindrome". NOT GOOD.
    Robert   H
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> From: "Tesla list" <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Sat, 01 Oct 2005 07:29:29 -0600
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> Subject: Depleted Uranium SG
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> Resent-Date: Sat,  1 Oct 2005 07:30:58 -0600 (MDT)
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> Original poster: "Mike" <mike.marcum@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> This is probably the stupidest idea yet, but has anyone thought of
> using depleted uranium for sparkgap electrodes? Figured if it was one
> of the heaviest stable elements in the periodic table it won't
> melt/corrode as easily as tungsten at high power. Does it have crappy
> RF properties like steel? Probably a moot point in a few years when
> DRSSTC's take over, but still kinda courious.
>
> Mike
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