[ RadSafe ] Radiation from Uranium Oxide

[Kai Kaletsch]

It may be a useful gismo, but I think both of your numbers are out by 2 
orders of magnitude.

1 mg of water is 1 mm cubed. 1 mg of UO2 is less than 1/10 of that. (So, 
0.00009 cm^3 not 0.009 cm^3)

Cheers,

Kai

Kai Kaletsch
Environmental Instruments Canada Inc.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jeff Terry" <terryj at iit.edu>
To: "Doug Huffman" <doug.huffman at wildblue.net>
Cc: <radsafe at health.phys.iit.edu>
Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2010 9:46 AM
Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] Radiation from Uranium Oxide


> 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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