At 08:37 PM 9/29/01, you wrote: >On 29 Sep 2001, at 2:27, Ronn Blankenship wrote: > > > IIRC, enough heat is generated by friction when a DU projectile > > penetrates thick armor to ignite the DU, and the uranium oxide dust > > thus produced is toxic if breathed in sufficient quantity. > >But NOT radioactive. Corrosive and toxic, yes... > >Andy >Dawn Falcon
No more radioactivity that the alpha emission from the U-238 . . . -- Ronn! :) God bless America, Land that I love! Stand beside her, and guide her Thru the night with a light from above. From the mountains, to the prairies, To the oceans, white with foam� God bless America! My home, sweet home. -- Irving Berlin (1888-1989)
