[ RadSafe ] Radiation from Uranium Oxide

[Doug Huffman]

http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=what+is+the+diameter+of+a+sphere+0.009+cm^3+volume

0.2581 cm  (centimeters)

On 4/22/2010 10:20, Jeff Terry wrote:
> The boiling point of UO2 is ~ 3800 K (6859 R) according to ANL
> (http://www.insc.anl.gov/matprop/uo2/vap/vpw.php).
>
> The density of UO2 at 273 K (491 R) is 10.96 g/cm^3 so 1 mg of UO2 is ~
> 0.009 cm^3 so it would be about 3 mm x 3 mm x 1 mm.
>
> Jeff
>
>
> Jeff Terry
> Asst. Professor of Physics
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>
>
> On Apr 22, 2010, at 7:14 AM, Roger Helbig wrote:
>
>> Bob Nichols in his April 7 article - PTSD, infertility and other
>> consequences of war makes the following claim about radiation - I am
>> quite
>> sure it is bogus, but I would like to have accurate information to refute
>> it. Thank you.
>>
>> Roger Helbig
>>
>> "Each tiny milligram (of Depleted Uranium Oxide) shoots about 1,251,000
>> powerful radioactive bullets a day with a range of about 20 cells of the
>> human body for thousands or even billions of years. This is according to
>> noted mathematician and radiation expert, Rosalie Bertell, Ph.D., GNSH."
>>
>> Nichols claims that this is weaponized uranium oxide ceramic gas -
>> something
>> that we all know does not exist. Does anyone have the boiling point of
>> Uranium Oxide readily handy?
>>
>> What is the approximate size of one 1 milligram of DU Oxide?
>>
>> If anyone would like to help me take apart either the Nichols article
>> or the
>> Jerry Mazza article that has been spun off of Nichols's lies with even
>> bigger Mazza exaggerations, I sure would appreciate the help. I am
>> starting
>> with the Nichols article. I am hoping if I can show that this is totally
>> preposterous that Mazza's article will be hoisted on its own petard.
>>
>>
>>
>>
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