[ RadSafe ] Radiation from Uranium Oxide

[Jeff Terry]

Spheres, who thinks in spheres?

That Wolfram Alpha appears to be a very useful gismo. I may have to  
learn to use it.

Jeff


Jeff Terry
Asst. Professor of Physics
Life Science Bldg Rm 166
Illinois Institute of Technology
3101 S. Dearborn St.
Chicago IL 60616
630-252-9708
terryj at iit.edu




On Apr 22, 2010, at 10:40 AM, Doug Huffman wrote:

> 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
>> Life Science Bldg Rm 166
>> Illinois Institute of Technology
>> 3101 S. Dearborn St.
>> Chicago IL 60616
>> 630-252-9708
>> terryj at iit.edu
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> 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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