U.S. Military Uses the Force

[Mike Rosing]

On Thu, 22 Aug 2002, Major Variola (ret) wrote:

> The specific heat of Cu is <blah> heat of vaporization is <blah> and the
>
> melting point is <blah> and the metal is already liquid.  The metal is
> <blah> grams of liquid Cu so how many joules does it take to vaporize
> it?

A hell of a lot more than it takes to just make it squirm.

> And, where does the momentum of <blah> grams x <blah-thousand> m/sec go?

According to the article it leaves dents.  So instead of a focused
blast puncturing a hole, it gets splayed out all over the place.

> Also, just out of curiousity, what are the health effects of finely
> dispersed Cu oxide ?
> Does anyone make liners out of DU?  Yummy.

Yeah, that's what makes the RPG a useful weapon now, isn't it.
U238 shells do similar things, but it's the chemical reaction with
the steel that's the suprise.  the gassious U238 and steel inside
the tank is the major nastyness.

While I admit this is fun, I think we're kinda off topic :-)

Patience, persistence, truth,
Dr. mike