Re: Depleted Uranium

["ruth_weiner" <ruth_weiner@email.msn.com>]

An alloy is not a chemical compound.  The solubility of uranium metal in a
uranium/titanium alloy is not affected by the titanium.  Moreover, all of
these metals are essentially insoluble in water or slightly alkaline water
or physiological saline solution.

Ruth Weiner
ruth_weiner@msn.com
-----Original Message-----
From: William Lorenzen <LORENZEN_W@A1.TCH.Harvard.edu>
To: Multiple recipients of list <radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu>
Date: Thursday, November 16, 2000 9:19 AM
Subject: Re: Depleted Uranium


>          The other issue is these bullets (kinetic energy penetrators) are
>          not 100% DU.  They have alloys of titanium and molybdenum
(stable)
>          and these additives can effect solubility and can complicate the
>          biodistribution.
>
>          William A. Lorenzen
>          lorenzen_w@tch.harvard.edu
>
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