[sdiy] mixing metals

[anthony]

Hey I think I can make a synth-diy connection in THIS thread.

Hmmm where to start? OK I'm digging this from old college memories or older. 
I've been teaching myself chemistry and physics since I was 7 or 8.

I think the ionizing radiation even in tiny amounts either has a galvanic or 
some sort of ioinic action that inhibits corrosion. Making it a part of the 
alloy is a big help since you don't have to worry about dinging of any 
prottecting plating that also may have a corrosion inhibiting effect due to 
galvanic action (like "galvanizing" steel with zinc).

I think using DU to make steel resistant to corrosion is a much safer use 
than using it in munitions.

Uh the synth-diy connection is in those thermionic tubes (like thryratrons 
and regulator tubes) that have thorium in them to transport electrons 
instead of or in addition to using a heater. I suppose that's a tenuous 
connection but what they hay. Ionization is what makes them both work.

> Addition of uranium to steel apparently imparts some beneficial
> metallurgical properties. There was actually a proposal in the US a few
> years ago to dispose of some of  this excess depleted uranium by adding to
> steel  to be used for structural purposes ie. buildings.