11-28-2004, 12:04 AM
kandrathe,Nov 27 2004, 02:53 PM Wrote:But, if you were to hand me a lump of Uranium(238) with a half-life of 4,510,000,000 years, should I think it to be dangerous? Hardly. But, being as paranoid as the next person, I wouldn't use it as a pillow. Now, Uranium(232, half-life 69 years) is dangerous. What a difference 6 electrons can make. :)
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Small nitpick, you mean neutrons.
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The gloves come off, I'm playing hardball. It's fourth and 15 and you're looking at a full-court press. (Frank Drebin in The Naked Gun)
Some people in forums do the next best thing to listening to themselves talk, writing and reading what they write (source, my brother)