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Depleted uranium, which has about the same density as natural uranium, is used when this high density is desirable but the higher radioactivity of natural uranium is not. Civilian uses include counterweights in aircraft, radiation shielding in medical radiation therapy , research and industrial radiography equipment, and containers for ...
Depleted uranium has an even higher concentration of the 238 U isotope, and even low-enriched uranium (LEU), while having a higher proportion of the uranium-235 isotope (in comparison to depleted uranium), is still mostly 238 U. Reprocessed uranium is also mainly 238 U, with about as much uranium-235 as natural uranium, a comparable proportion ...
Depleted uranium has an even higher concentration of 238 U, and even low-enriched uranium (LEU) is still mostly 238 U. Reprocessed uranium is also mainly 238 U, with about as much uranium-235 as natural uranium, a comparable proportion of uranium-236, and much smaller amounts of other isotopes of uranium such as uranium-234, uranium-233, and ...
When fired, depleted uranium becomes ‘essentially an exotic metal dart fired at extraordinarily high speed’
Various militaries use depleted uranium as high-density penetrators. The major application of uranium in the military sector is in high-density penetrators. This ammunition consists of depleted uranium (DU) alloyed with 1–2% other elements, such as titanium or molybdenum. [21]
Depleted uranium may exist in several chemical forms; in the form of DUHF, the most common form, with a density of 5.09 g/cm 3, in the form of depleted triuranium octoxide (U 3 O 8) with a density of 8.38 g/cm 3, and in the form of depleted uranium metal with a density of 19.01 g/cm 3. [17]
When fired, depleted uranium becomes ‘essentially an exotic metal dart fired at extraordinarily high speed’
Because of its high density, depleted uranium (DU) can also be used in tank armour, sandwiched between sheets of steel armour plate. For instance, some late-production M1A1HA and M1A2 Abrams tanks built after 1998 have DU reinforcement as part of the armour plating in the front of the hull and the front of the turret, and there is a program to ...