HYDRAULIC PRESS VS URANIUM

[@bluecordprecisiongrading2504]

I got cancer from Depleted Uranium from patrolling areas hit by A10 gun fire and other platforms using DU penetrators. Once those projectiles hit, they explode and that DU dust can cause a lot of health problems. Awesome video by the way

[@shaylethorne2387]

I'm not disputing this, but isn't depleted specifically non radioactive? How did that cause cancer?

[@jerrb7991]

​@@shaylethorne2387it's slightly radioactive, but the major problem is that when used as amo it pulverize in an extremely fine dust that can be inhaled and reach the lungs

[@Bellthorian]

@@shaylethorne2387 People in Afghanistan and Iraq have a high cancer rates and birth defects from breathing in DU dust.

[@znakrip]

​@@shaylethorne2387 Depleted uranium - contains 99.7% Uranium-238 with a half-life of 4.4 billion years, and 0.3% Uranium-235 with a half-life of 700 million years. As we see, there are no stable isotopes in depleted uranium

[@bluecordprecisiongrading2504]

@shaylethorne2387 there are a lot of studies on this and show conclusive long term negative health effects, including cancer when the DU dust is inhaled. My medic died from inoperable brain cancer less than 3 years after our deployment and numerous others in my task force have predeceased me. This year is 20 years since I've been out. I get a 100% P+T which is some consolation and dozens of VA doctor's appointments each year

[@LouisEmery]

Thank you for not talking. And not putting on music during the press sequence (well, for most of them). I'd like to hear the machines.

[@stealthisdkey]

exactly ❤

[@NorbertNagy-y8g]

or fancy trendy face camera or will be famous streamer ambitions

[@JadeHare1]

That shitty remake of terminator theme is a pain in the balls!!

[@JoliettesParadiseAdventures]

Some epic asmr right 😛😛

[@ibrahim207207]

نعم

[@MrHeuvaladao]

Depleted uranium isn't used because it is hard. It's used because it is dense. Just like lead.

[@oivasnamok4090]

I always thought Uranium wasn't smart. Dense, indeed!

[@raduradu1289]

Depleted uranium is used in projectiles due to its high density, which increases impact energy.

[@mumujibirb]

also something about self sharpening?

[@Weisior]

@@mumujibirb It has adiabatic properties, in technical term. am I smurt?

[@corsayr9629]

and cheap, it is basically industrial waste from enrichment procedures. Tungston is not cheap.

[@Inner_zee]

"Don't try this at home" like i have uranium at home 😂

[@pubert4845]

Or a 500 ton press!

[@richardcranium4753]

Depleted Uranium is not entirely depleted. When it is entirely depleted of its radioactivity it becomes Lead. That's one reason why Lead is so good at shielding against radiation.

[@frozenstar7048]

it's actually not very hard to get, just know where to look

[@SuperCanuck777]

@@frozenstar7048 Yes sure, like corrupt politicians

[@meSOOlame]

​@@richardcranium4753depleted uranium turns to lead? Dafuq u talking about?

[@hydraman007]

Me in the kitchen putting back my uranium shell in the drawer after reading the do not repeat at home warning.

[@Sameer2762]

Now I'm thinking someone will come up with the idea of putting this thing into the microwave oven just for a video's sake!

[@MarcosAlvesdosSantos-s2j]

Kkkkkkkkkkkkkkk😂

[@CC-ns2ds]

Yes the tungsten carbide is harder but depleted uranium is specifically used because when it impacts something it actually gets sharper and pens further.

[@Hat_Uncle]

We had one of these as kids in the 70's. My dad worked on the 30mm autocannon system for the A-10. Fling it down the road and see all the long bright sparks, for a decade at least. LOL

[@raiden72]

I don't see how tossing a dangerous radioactive isotope down the street is really funny if the next generations of people inhale the radioactive dust particles for millions of years to come but maybe I am misunderstanding the implications of mishandling uranium...

[@joeblow1748]

What?!

[@Hat_Uncle]

@@joeblow1748 yeah, 30mm depleted uranium slug, it was a "toy" from at least 1975-1985. I actually got to press the button to test fire one of these guns, Essex Junction, Vermont, 1979. They were manufactured in South Burlington, VT, by General Electric and shipped via ferry across Lake Champlain to Plattsburgh AFB

[@heheheh69heheh]

Can I have 5423 ammunitions please 🥺

[@KennyT187]

...and now 20% of the neighborhood has cancer because of you spreading uranium dust around 😝 kidding, but I wonder didn't your dad know it's still potentially dangerous?

[@agerven]

My dad did mathematics on metal strength under varying circumstances. He would have loved your videos! As a physicist i also like and respect your videos. In this particular case it would have been nice to measure the temperatures of the armor as well as the cones before and afterwards.

[@johnnyllooddte3415]

Why use depleted uranium instead of tungsten? Depleted Uranium Penetrator Rounds | Museum of Radiation and ... Tungsten, which has a similar density to uranium, can also be used but DU has greater target penetration. Unlike tungsten, uranium is pyrophoric( becomes a plasma). It also has a lower melting point than tungsten. As a DU penetrator strikes a target, its surface temperature increases dramatically.

[@agerven]

Thanks for the extra information!@@johnnyllooddte3415

[@MainInternetUser]

​@@johnnyllooddte3415 Isn't DU cheaper ?

[@Lethal-Science]

@johnnyllooddte3415 depleted Uranium is way cheaper, easier to machine and is more abundant than Tungsten

[@Biketunerfy]

You have to remember that DU is very dense and heavy and it actually self sharpens as it penetrates armour and burns its way through armour and you need speed to do this. A press is not fast enough to ignite the uranium and you would not want to either because it’s toxic in the air.

[@tiagodagostini]

That self sharpens is a MYTH. DU do shed its edge barbs as its tensile strength is low. SO It drops any edges of the mushrum edge that naturally form during terminal ballistic interactions. That is NOT self sharpening, The tip is not kept SHARP by any magical interaction. All it does is lose edge material that could form a secodn edge that would increase penetration resistance.

[@Biketunerfy]

@@tiagodagostini Wrong. Like its slightly denser cousin, tungsten, uranium can penetrate most heavy armor. But whereas tungsten projectiles become rounded at the tip upon impact, uranium shells burn away at the edges. This "self-sharpening" helps them bore into armor. - source Scientific American. I’ve also seen ballistic projections of what happens during the uraniums self sharpening as its burns and bores its way through armour. Yes the sides burn away which leaves a sharpened tip. Who taught you this ?

[@tiagodagostini]

@@Biketunerfy maybe you should read less scientific american and read more proper papers. The sheddign of the blunt edges is nearly irrelevant toward penetration. Because the so called"burning" expends energy, energy that comes from the projectile... and less available energy to break the armor therefore ( modern armor is Energy expenditure oriented, not resistance oriented) in an attempt to explain to layman the term SHARPENING is used, but sharpness is IRRELEVANT when you have a projectile trying to progress trough a cristaline solid at a speed higher than the speed of sound on given material.

[@Biketunerfy]

; @@tiagodagostini I do and the facts haven’t changed, but anyway I digress, the new German higher pressure gun (smoothbore) in challenger 3 MBTs, the Brits ,reported back the new TC APFSDS was more effective at penetrating armour than their DU from challenger 2s main rifled gun. Obviously the tungsten carbide is routinely tweaked and improved to get the most performance out of kinetic energy darts.

[@fabiolimadasilva3398]

You must check mechanical behaviour by means of Hopkinson testing bar.

[@NicolaiP]

I Like how natürlich your Videos Sounds. No Music No extra Just the screm of Metals and the Press sounds

[@edelweiss-]

natural. lol. Klingt fast gleich. ich schreibe auch manchmal Denglisch wenn mir das Wort nicht einfällt, aber da wars doch einfach. Komm schon :)

[@unarmored9973]

Certainly DU is usually on par with Tungsten as a penetrator, USA just uses DU in everything because it's WAY cheaper than Tungsten -both in material cost and manufacturing. This footage doesn't exactly suggest the kinetic effects of the materials, but certainly Tungsten Carbide is some remarkable stuff!

[@BlackEpyon]

It also gives the DoE something to do with all that U-238 after all the useful U-235 has been extracted.

[@herrhaber9076]

@@BlackEpyon Also used in aircraft as counterweight, in keels and.. uh... golf clubs among other things !

[@trumanhw]

also, the DU is supposed to be "self sharpening" by some physical effect ... and is prone to catching fire (but so is titanium, etc). Granted, "self sharpening" is loose wording ... I know it's not exactly what it does but I did read it in a white paper.

[@kz11377]

There is another factor.Tungsten carbide ore reserves are mostly found in quantities in non US friendly countries, such as China for example.

[@radbilcz]

​@@kz11377DU is produced from spent nuclear fuel which is treated as waste and its disposal is very expensive. By producing DU we give a second life.

[@anthonywarwick6090]

Very nicely done. Love the only noise being the press and compression of the metals. Thanks 🙏

[@jamesschenk]

That tungsten punched through that steel like it was clay

[@godsamongmen8003]

I did some reading on depleted uranium and why the army uses it for some shells. It turns out part of the decision is economic -- depleted uranium isn't necessarily the best metal you could use, but it's a pretty good choice and there's so much of it left over after the enrichment process. When people say that uranium is self-sharpening, they mean that the metal will break into sharp fragments and dust when it hits something at really high speed. The dust is also not just toxic but also highly flammable, so a tank penetrated by uranium shells may end up with a fire inside. And uranium is one of the most dense metals (8th place, with Osmium and Iridium being the first and second most dense), making it good as a high-speed projectile.

[@doctorbuga4302]

so you googled it, now you're an expert? Thank you Professor MIT

[@godsamongmen8003]

@@doctorbuga4302 Is that the way you see the world? That only an expert with a degree can do some reading on a topic and learn something? If I said that two plus two is four, would you argue with me because I don't have a math degree?

[@doctorbuga4302]

@@godsamongmen8003 correct, generally people that go on Wikipedia "to do some reading" and start regurgitating what they thought they learned in 10 minutes is just noise pollution, in this case, more appropriately, data pollution.

[@godsamongmen8003]

@@doctorbuga4302 The 'experts' of the world have given us man-made famines because they thought they were fit to micromanage national economies. Today they argue biological sex doesn't exist and we need to get rid of academic standards in favour of ranking by skin colour. I'll take the word of a well-read layman over an expert any day. And you, you're just an ideologue who worships the chattering class. And it isn't making you any smarter.

[@wwaldes]

@@godsamongmen8003 👋

[@dromnispank4723]

I bet that tungsten carbide couldn't pierce my mum's homemade cookies!

[@arthurmchugh5184]

Put it up against 5 day old Mac Donald fries 😂😂😂

[@doctorbuga4302]

i bet it couldn't pierce my sisters bung hole either.. god know's i've tried

[@nicholash7226]

What was the mass on the U vs the TC? Uranium rounds get their kinetic force from their density, not hardness.

[@DaveHojo]

that's what I thought as well, it relies on the mass/density and not the hardness.

[@markcairns9574]

E=MC"2 - or something...

[@nicholash7226]

Also, force = mass*acceleration. I love the bit in Mass Effect about the 20 kilo slug at 1.3% of light speed... "Sir Isaac Newton is the deadliest SOB in space." 😄

[@jonmarquez128]

That's because tungsten makes a good neutron reflector too!

[@donaldg.freeman2804]

I was wondering what the point of this video was. I wanted to see him weigh each of those projectile points.

[@Axacqk]

That uranium sure feels depleted now.

[@davidanalyst671]

so read through the comments if you want to know why we use depleted uranium in tank guns everywhere. It has to do with the ballistics and materials. But other than that, great joke

[@ЕвгенийЗ-о7с]

​@@davidanalyst671 You're trying to make the whole world radioactive!

[@dbrown2264]

That was funny man. Deflated Uranium.

[@EXPLORADVEN]

Under-rated comment 🤣🤣🤣

[@pnkflyd66]

And defeated

[@zacharyroyce]

The greater hardness of TC does not necessarily mean greater penetration, though it could indirectly through less deformity creating smaller surface area to penetrate and less deflected splash. Depleted uranium is waaaaay heavier or 'denser' per unit of volume ("density" is physics is mass per unit volume). Force = mass x acceleration. Translated into imprecise everyday language, the amount of penetration is a function of weight and speed. Increase either weight or speed of the projectile for a given caliber (contact area), increase penetration. You can shoot water through metal if you shoot it fast enough and fine enough.

[@deathsheadknight2137]

look up the densities, TC is way more dense than i gave it credit for.

[@zacharyroyce]

@@deathsheadknight2137 Thanks, I never would have guessed that TC (15.6g/cm3) is denser than lead (11.3g/cm3) and getting up there with DU (19g/cm3). I had a TC wedding ring and it didn't seem that heavy, whereas lead seems heavy and I know DU is comparable to gold (19.3g/cm3), which is so heavy that a candy bar size is like 27 pounds. (I guess the TC wedding ring seemed light by comparison to a normal gold wedding ring!)

[@RaytheonTechnologies_Official]

As noted in another comment for this video, DU's real party trick is that it self sharpens upon a high speed impact. It heats up and kind of "burns" through armour (not really burning, but that's what it looks like in ballistics simulations). The pressure from the hydraulic press is very high, but is dissipated over a comparatively very long period, so it fails to demonstrate this effect.

[@zacharyroyce]

@@RaytheonTechnologies_Official You are repeating marketing nonsense, not physics. DU's penetrating capability is its weight, end of story. They put the heaviest thing they could into a tank round short of solid gold. That's all there is to it. Uncle Sam went to the ammo aisle at the sporting good store and said, "I want the heaviest ammunition I can get for this caliber. I'm shooting some big game." The fact that it gets glowing hot and deforms is just sound and fury, habitually employed by marketing and PR pros to obfuscate and awe the masses into a sense of their own ignorance so they accept what they are authoritatively told without attempting their own analysis or criticism, i.e. that such-and-such company has revolutionized the toothbrush or razor. You could talk the same nonsense about a normal rifle bullet piercing a metal plate, or even a metal knife going through butter. People are so uneducated today that they can't even tell the difference, and then they confidently repeat this nonsense like they are teaching the illiterate about science. How absurd you all sound! Stop absorbing science by osmosis over the internet and start reading books, old books, instead!!! They are a thousand times smarter. You all live in the dark ages and you don't even know it, you think you are the smartest, most knowledgeable people nature ever produced and yet you are rapidly sending humanity back to the baboon age!

[@RaytheonTechnologies_Official]

@@zacharyroyce "Tungsten has a much higher melting point (3410 °C) than uranium (1132 °C) and lacks pyrophoricity. Therefore, a tungsten projectile becomes blunt on impact and is less effective in piercing armor (Peterson, 1999). .... The surface of a DU penetrator ignites on impact (especially with steel), due to the high temperature generated by the impact and the relatively low melting point of uranium (1132 °C). In addition, the projectile sharpens as it melts and pierces heavy armor (Rostker, 1998). " - Properties, use and health effects of depleted uranium (DU): a general overview, A. Bleise, P.R. Danesi, W. Burkart, Journal of Environmental Radioactivity 64 (2003) 93-112 . I brought receipts.

[@driverjamescopeland]

Depleted uranium AP shells depend on their outer casing to impart heat into the target before the uranium core penetrates. Tungsten just penetrates... but depleted uranium carries a TON of heat with it, basically scorching anything on the other side. If the shot gets full penetration on a tank (in/through/out), the interior gets a huge shockwave of pressure, searing heat, followed by a negative pressure wave (vacuum). You do NOT want to be hit with them in a sealed compartment of any kind.

[@nigel900]

Tungsten Carbide 👉🏻 15 grams per cubic cm Depleted Uranium 👉🏻 19 grams per cubic cm 👆🏻MORE MASS👆🏻

[@tacet3045]

Not really that it carries a ton of heat with it rather DU is self sharpening, when it strikes a solid surface it fractures in a way that keeps the tip sharp as it penetrates the object, and that the heat generated from impact ignites the DU round and the DU dust created from its self sharpening

[@jkutnink87]

Depleted rounds are very heavy which is why they are used. They have more penetration capabilities when shot than tungsten. Plus a key feature for the depleted round is that it sharpens itself as it penetrates.

[@herrhaber9076]

@@nigel900 The density is indeed important but so is hardness and the carbide is much harder.

[@herrhaber9076]

Oh my god a war thunder scientist. wrong on so many levels dude...

[@dionnedionne2045]

At 3:24 the piercing slug is entirely dark. At 4:02 the flat end is still dark. At 4:07 the pointed end is shiny which is totally understandable. At 4:28 the square end is still dark. Then at 4:38 about half of the square end is shiny. Extremely interesting demonstration, this channel is one of my favorites, my wife even watches.

[@herrhaber9076]

Just an oxide layer peeled away by friction but agreed: very interesting !

[@rafalnowak3302]

Completely misunderstanding.... uranium core has self sharpens effect and this 45 mm steel from t34 is like butter target. We are talking about impact effect not pressing.

[@josephsheranda]

So today we learned how to turn a depleted uranium penetrator into a crayon.

[@TheSpacehg]

"Do not repeat at home" as if anyone has an industrial hydrolic press and a depleted uranium round handy lol

[@doctorbuga4302]

you don't??

[@JupiterianGuy]

Huh?? You don’t?

[@ValerioDiBona]

I like how you felt in need to protect one of the hardest materials on earth with padding in the box

[@minyoi169]

Thats not how depleted uranium works for armour piercing. It is shot at extreme high speed to cause a thermo run away. The bullet become extremely hot, over 4000C.

[@pipernigrum]

The old Soviet tank: so that's where Elon's sourcing the body panels for the cybertruck!

[@awesomebearaudiobooks]

Cybertruck uses stainless steel, similar to many old tanks. However, old Soviet t-34 1940 Armour is about 15 to 40 mm steel, Soviet t-34 1942 is up to 60 mm steel, and cybertruck is only about 2 mm steel.

[@DonutsProductions]

Next, plutonium?

[@Eisenwolf.de1]

😂😂

[@jonmarquez128]

Why the hell not! But hard too get

[@andrelabbe5315]

With a piece of uranium 235

[@Galihdutasuseno]

😂😂😂

[@moltoniron633]

No Americium 😂😂

[@Adam-nv9zo]

Uranium is a very dense metal, and depleted uranium can be put on the tips of tank shells, bullets, and mortar rounds to increase their ability to penetrate targets. Depleted uranium shells sharpen on impact at high velocities, which further increases their ability to bore through armor, and they also ignite after contact. Density and properties on impact are what make it so effective, not the hardness.

[@Spacedog79]

When the uranium penetrates and burns it also sucks out all the oxygen so it kills everyone inside.

[@ntal5859]

I hate the term depleted uranium as it sounds like it's safe but all they done is isolated out the u235 and left u238 which is still radioactive. Talk about selling a toxic radioactive health Hazzard as somewhat safe for tank ammo.

[@Spacedog79]

@@ntal5859 Uranium is chemically toxic like lead or any other heavy metal, but it is not radioactive enough to pose a significant danger in that way.

[@zeljkodejanovic8786]

@@Spacedog79 Ask the families of the contingent of the Italian Army who were in peacekeeping missions as part of KFOR, they all died of cancer. Go to Serbia and where A-10 was active, the incidence of cancer has increased by 700% since 1999. If it's not toxic, go to Serbia and find an armored vehicle that was hit by that ammunition and take some kind of souvenir. What the Americans say is safe is not true. Do you know that American tank soldiers who used that ammunition in Desert Storm also died of cancer. Italy proved the harmfulness of that ammunition and all the families received compensation.

[@zeljkodejanovic8786]

@@ntal5859 you are right that the ammunition is not safe. In my country, many people got cancer because of that ammunition, and unfortunately that is not the end. Many are yet to receive it

[@Lord0fPvnder]

This is compressive force. Very different than how it works when fired out of a cannon

[@patton3338]

The improvement in armor quality over time is really impressive. Or maybe that WW2 Russian steel was really bad, would be curious how it compares to armor from a panzer or sherman etc. It was really interesting that some sort of spalling effect seemed to occur, almost like the squashing cone acted a bit like a Hesh round. Demonstrates why spall linings are pretty damn important.

[@looke3392]

Demonstrates why m1 abrams should have a spall liner

[@rflberg]

Uranium will get its power from its mass times velocity squared. Since the materials wasn't moving it was kind of a flop. But it was nice to see the hardness of the materials tested.

[@pauljackson1744]

Not sure what your saying . F = MA anyways right?

[@joekellyou]

@@pauljackson1744the DU round is significantly heavier because of density. With the slow speeds of the press, hardness is more important, but at the speeds of the GAU-8 shot velocity, the density wins easily.

[@Klovaneer]

@@joekellyou WC isn't that far behind in density (15.6 vs 19). The projectile speeds make DU rounds _as_ effective but WC is more reliable. Why you can still see both in service in russia.

[@carneeki]

@@pauljackson1744kinetic energy: KE = (1/2) mv^2

[@johnnyllooddte3415]

sorry.. they have similar densities..DU uranium become plasma and burns thru the armor and explodes inside.. tungsten just passes thru both sides with little damage inside 1

[@PitfallHarry72]

I've got that exact same caliper. I can't believe how well it works for as cheap as it is. From watching this, you wouldn't think depleted uranium would be very good for an armor piercing round, but it certainly is, that's for sure.

[@doctorbuga4302]

it's a good caliper surprisingly for the price

[@herrhaber9076]

You cant imagine for how long I wanted to see such a comparison ! Other things have to be taken under consideration when used as ammo but this was enlightening. Thank you very much :)

[@quickcinema8031]

it is just a metal, no propellant inside. it is safe

[@Dailymailnewz]

I thought Uranium was something else but it looks like it is in the famil of iron, steel etc but has extra abilities???

[@herrhaber9076]

@@quickcinema8031 I know and ?

[@herrhaber9076]

@@Dailymailnewz I dont know Urainiam I know Uranium. Look at a perdiodic table. Uranium is an actinide and has very little to do with iron. Steel is not an element: it's an alloy of iron and carbon.

[@danroberts9050]

I can try to imagine. Tell me how long and I'll see if I can imagine it.

[@eternalme6077]

Wow, this is SO COOL! I was really shocked at the outcome of the modern armor plate. I also thought that the depleted uranium would easily pass through the steel plating as well. Anyways what an interesting display of strength....can't wait to see what else he's gonna try. 🎸♥️

[@liahfox5840]

The DU is used in it's application for how hot it burns not for it's hardness. 9mm bullet with a TC projectile will go right through lvl 4 body armor like nothing. Which is why it's "sale" was made illegal in 1984 I believe. Gotta use the right tool for the job! 😉

[@johnnyllooddte3415]

woww ..first correct answer.... they have similar densities..DU uranium become plasma and burns thru the armor and explodes inside.. tungsten just passes thru both sides with little damage inside 1

[@mottscottison6943]

You can tell a morality of a country by just looking at the material they use for their Armor piercing penetrator : US and Nato - Depleted Uranium, China : Tungsten Carbide.

[@Bouillon.al.mountadar]

Nah i'ts ecolo we recycle our uranium

[@Squamousepithilium]

How nicely and quickly compared that ammo with coke bottle😂😂😂

[@Spradebasse100]

Next time - highly enriched uranium

[@kumbara8424]

And boom

[@manurajpoot4828]

💀💀

[@neongirl]

Other aircraft: Armed with 20mm six-barreled cannon. GAU-8: Armed with twin-engine A-10 attack aircraft.

[@MONKMIKE]

Yep. 👍👍😎

[@jameschenard1386]

Exactly! It was for the most part, designed around the gun

[@zanitzeuken]

HA! YES

[@Layd36]

Worthless scrap metal which causes cancer to civilians and leaving regions uninhabited for a long time

[@BSfilter_111]

GAU-8 is 30mm, M61 is also GE but in 20mm.

[@longboardfella5306]

It’s so good safety is your third priority. That’s a comfort for those of us planning to do this at home

[@mattt198654321]

This is possibly one of the best things I've ever seen.

[@justwondering5651]

This is certainly one of the things I've seen.

[@XB10001]

You need to live more

[@johnsmith7676]

Then you have not lived, and have seen essentially NOTHING.

[@PizziPuzzo-nl5bn]

This is sad

[@Pulsed101]

Those hydraulic presses can be pretty scary.

[@hitman1319]

Uranium block sandwiched between 2 Nokia 3310 will probably become a nuclear bomb

[@ntal5859]

Only if someone dials the number and you let it ring 3 times, unless Keanu Reeves can get between Sandra Bullock legs to diffuse in time, mind you she better not slow down either.

[@onedayagogo]

well, maybe, but it takes 10 hours to charge a DynaTAC 9000, so by that logic, the Nokia is virtually Transparent Aluminium. just don't get it wet after midnight though because if u cross the streams, it will become self aware at 2:14 a.m. on August 29th 1997 and I would definitely buy that for a dollar, but only in a rerun. welcome to the party, pal...

[@Hoshimaru57]

Negative. It’s more complicated than that. Also DU doesn’t undergo prompt criticality fission. It will decay, but extremely slowly. Smacking it between 2 Nokias will just make a big puff of toxic dust.

[@Mirai1xcp]

​@@ntal5859Dude 😂😂😂😂😂

[@Auroral_Anomaly]

If it was U-235 maybe.

[@Dest9450]

Depleted uranium is still a uranium. Its still a bit radioactive, so could be better not to handle it too many time. Also uranium is highly toxic chemically, and if it inhaled or consumed, you will be poisoned, additional to radiation exposure. Metallic uranium can easily oxidize (corrode) on air, and products of this you definitely want to avoid and don't let it go into drinking water. So be extremely careful with uranium, if you want your health to be in safe of course

[@stargazer7644]

Depleted Uranium is barely radioactive. That's why it is "depleted". Handling it isn't going to hurt you. Try to resist eating it and you'll be fine.

[@stefan2292]

The chemical toxicity of heavy radioactive elements is mostly shuck and jive. Sure, you don't want to handle it because once it gets into your body it tends to stay there and eventually cause cancer. But it isn't poison like arsenic.

[@mjkhan9664]

I know nothing about DU but i was not expecting it to squish like that

[@davidconner-shover51]

the stuff is just a bit harder than lead, the key is its mass

[@Willl_b_]

huh? it's much harder than lead@@davidconner-shover51

[@johnnyllooddte3415]

they have similar densities..DU uranium become plasma and burns thru the armor and explodes inside.. tungsten just passes thru both sides with little damage inside

[@elessartelcontar9415]

I'm so thankful for the warning not to try at home! I almost put my uranium in my hydraulic press!! That was a close one!

[@elbartoyoutube2915]

Next do Element- 115

[@bigsmiler5101]

I don't know what the "Message" is supposed to be but this type of test has nothing to do with the reality of ballistics. Maybe some people will think the military should be using Tungsten Carbide instead of Depleted Uranium. .... When an A-10 Warthog puts a round into a Soviet tank, it does not go down and push a bullet really hard against the tank's wall. Instead, it tosses the bullet at nearly hypersonic speed, and then Everything is a different world. The ballistics is about the WEIGHT and SPEED of the bullet. This test had nothing to do with any of that. OTHER factors are the melt & evaporation points of the bullet. The softness/hardness IS an important factor. Rubber bullets do very different things than the lead variety. But again, WHAT is the POINT? -- ALSO at the 8:02-minute point we see the central core of that cone is different from the majority of the thing. The center did not deform. (Kind of like putting a depleted uranium core in the center of a cannon projectile.

[@ericcleland817]

I thought it was very interesting to see the tungsten carbide puncture through the 12mm steel plate. I noticed how as the tungsten carbide pushed through the steel plate, the steel had a very interesting shiny color at the edge region of the tungsten carbide. I was wondering if it was in fact melting the steel as it was pushing through it due to heat caused by the pressure, but not exactly sure. I think a repeat of the tungsten carbide with a super close up and possibly even super slow motion would be amazing to see as it pushes through the steel plate. Thanks.

[@KurwaRomek]

I work as a machinist and for what it's worth, tungsten carbide doesn't really get to the point of melting steel because of steel's thermal conduction. Stainless steel can melt though since it doesn't conduct heat nearly as well and the tool doesn't absorb much heat neither.

[@georgevindo]

I thought it was just rust flaking off, exposing fresh metal.

[@womensfashionethinic]

The way u rubbed I thought the friction could cause a explode

[@tormentorxl2732]

What was the weight of the two compared?

[@deathsheadknight2137]

if they were the same volume, the DU would be like 15% heavier? (very rough estimate in my head based on respective densities.

[@johnnyllooddte3415]

. they have similar densities..DU uranium become plasma and burns thru the armor and explodes inside.. tungsten just passes thru both sides with little damage inside

[@trumanhw]

Okay, great great episode!! -- TOURNAMENT RULES DEMAND: AR500 vs Tungsten Carbide (probably want some ballistic panels between your camera, too).

[@REexpert44]

To the Joker, its just a regular hydraulic press.

[@ubikii5926]

DU is not used because it is dense or for whatever other mechanical reason. It is use because it creates an euthectic, on the contact point with steel at high speed, that lower the smelting point of the mix of Uranium and steel. Therefore, making the perforation of steel much easy and creating a deadly blast of liquid metal (inside a tank for instance).

[@doctorbuga4302]

thank you doctor expert

[@Dreamlink91]

Is the hydraulic press powered by 1.9 golf tdi ? xD

[@marian_kanchev]

Hahahahaha 131hp

[@widsm]

Lmao came here to say something along these lines

[@JimEckhardt]

Uranium is used for armour piercing due to its ablation pattern which shears layers off in a particular manner that keeps the round sharpened. It also reacts in such a manner that it "ignites" and thus also weakens or destroys the materials it comes into contact with.

[@doctorbuga4302]

congratulations, you can use google.

[@huskytail]

Wears gloves for protection from something that won't get through skin. Proceeds to create dust that cab be inhaled and can be mildly dangerous 😆.

[@Sparks00psn]

“Don’t try this at home” What are you gonna do? Stop me? Sounds like a threat

[@theghostofthomasjenkins9643]

you're not my dad.

[@chikkenbonz]

What I find most interesting here... How no one else is not mentioning that you actually have a DU penetrator in the first place!! I'm an element collector and I've been trying to track down ANY DU projectile (let alone a 30mm tank buster) for close to 20 years with no luck. Most I've come up with is 1 gram of natural U powder. (I've seen some small DU samples for sale in plate form, but they were extremely overpriced. Nothing even close to this.) Did you get the complete round...sabot and casing as well? You have there the Holy Grail/Unicorn of element collecting! Do you know how much money those are worth?? Brother, we need to talk!! 😏

[@Eyeofdajjal]

In Germany, a well known journalist once brought one single used projectile into the country through a befriended diplomat’s luggage. He then tried to have it analysed at several university labs, was sent away at the first one due to the extreme danger emanating from this one single projectile. At the second lab, they told him to come again the next day, when he was welcomed by the police and taken into custody for public endangerment. So I’m not so sure about what’s going on here - especially filing off some material without any apparent protection seems a bit strange to me

[@chikkenbonz]

@@Eyeofdajjal Exactly. Something fishy going on indeed. The DU penetrators I've seen are longer than this...they run almost the whole length of the projectile. This must be a cut-off piece (if in fact it is real). I've not a clue how international transportation/ shipping/handling works across borders, especially in Europe, but yeah that sounds about like what would happen. Prolly why there's so few in existence to civilians. Uranium isn't illegal to own - one can own up to 15 lbs. of it without consequences from the Dept. of Energy (so long as it's owned for a purpose i.e. collecting, experimenting, etc.) Otherwise ine would need a license from the DOE. And DU isn't very dangerous in it's solid form; the radioactivity is almost all of the Alpha variety which cannot penetrate the skin. It emits Beta and Gamma also, but very little. In small quantities, DU is fairly safe...as long as it's in SOLID FORM. I agree this is very disconcerting watching this fella casually filing DU making dust that is VERY dangerous if ingested. This is a strange video. Some insight would be very appreciated OP. Very concerned for your health!

[@datadavis]

@@chikkenbonz Its obviously fake as shit.

[@IvanIvanov-wh8td]

​@@Eyeofdajjalit no germany! It is RUSSIA !!!!

[@Eyeofdajjal]

@@IvanIvanov-wh8td I know, but why would ANYONE want to handle this shit 😂 Lest destroy it with a hydraulic press. Well, I guess having a KZbin channel justifies anything. Let’s hope the creator doesn’t crush himself for views 😅

[@mrdreloaded4049]

I just love it when I receive some random bullet-shaped uranium in a very interesting package!

[@ghlscitel6714]

Nice method for cleaning dirty tungsten carbide bolts.

[@brillopad1392]

I used to have a 5# plate of DU I used for a paper weight. That slug must be plated with some non-corroding metal, because U238 will begin immediately to acquire a plum-colored patina from atmospheric oxidation, and after not too long will turn black. I once pried open a 30mm slug from an A10 Warthog firing test, and by morning it had turned from shiny silver to that purplish color. And the one shown here wasn't even hermetically sealed in a steel/magnesium shell, like the A10 slug.

[@mattt198654321]

So the real question is...WHERE DID YOU GET DU FROM?

[@arthursmor9629]

Home depot )))

[@chemistryofquestionablequa6252]

Probably eBay. You can buy a lot of shady stuff from them, but it’s not illegal to own.

[@stephaniecoomey2356]

this is one of the more bad ass videos ive ever seen

[@ogMETALhd]

Was hoping to see pressure gauge comparison between t34 steel and the modern steel. Cool nonetheless.

[@sleepygryph]

A significant reason the US went with DU in a lot of it's armor and anti armor munitions is that the US is pretty poor mineral wise when it comes to rare earths but as access to almost a third of the worlds supply of uranium with almost a quarter of it being in the US. self sharpening and pyrophoric are only secondary benefits, if the US had enough tungsten they'd make their penetrators out of it.

[@alquinn8576]

rare earth elements are not that rare, tungsten is not a rare earth element, and if the US ever ran out of tungsten we would just invade canada (lol)

[@SonneyLouis]

Gen Z sits around and watches gen A break everything 😂😂😂

[@Dickusification]

Whilst gen x says we've seen it all before and the Boomers just go meh

[@randyweyant8136]

I worked for a local defence contractor that made DU rounds I was a assembler in the DU room dust masks & coveralls & a badge to chk levels & eventually I think it made me sick so I went back to inspection of 20mm rounds,great job great pay but the DU stuff ain't no joke !

[@Anonomush_oranges]

I thought that DU essentially burned its way through armor.

[@funmaster3278]

Even though that could be done things like tank rounds really on kinetic energy alone even HEAT shells rely on the kinetic Energy after exploding

[@JoshBeck-z5m]

For anyone confused, the uranium is meant to impact at several Mach, not be slowly compressed, At the intended speeds, it punch straight through

[@Steve-nu9op]

how many tons of force (or whatever) can your press create? awesome vids btw!!!!

[@efimkrivov]

500tones

[@aleksejmitrovic4071]

Fun fact: the formula of tungsten carbide is WC. You chrushed a toilet with a hydraulic press. Actually, that isn't a bad video idea. You could crush an actual toilet.

[@patrickzerkel532]

Oh God, don't file depleted uranium.

[@OldNavyAirdale]

Why not?

[@juslitor]

DU screws over your kidneys something fierce.

[@OldNavyAirdale]

Ahhhh Gotcha@@juslitor

[@patrickzerkel532]

@@OldNavyAirdale It's an alpha emitter and highly toxic. If fine particles get in the air or the environment, they can be inhaled or ingested. Very nasty stuff to machine. Very nasty munitions.

[@OldNavyAirdale]

@@patrickzerkel532 I figured that if it was depleted uranium that it would no longer be emitting radiation.

[@warpdriveby]

This might confuse someone not familiar with how the round is actually working. It's not the hardness you want or need, it's the density and the way the material behaves under extreme thermal shock. Copper is used in shaped penetrators because it can be formed into a molten jet and this is analogous though not the same. Tungsten is also used in anti armor rounds and works well too, just a bit differently and it seems that each are better at defeating different things.

[@johnnyllooddte3415]

sorry.. they have similar densities..DU uranium become plasma and burns thru the armor and explodes inside.. tungsten just passes thru both sides with little damage inside

[@anmolkumar-dy6ky]

2050 nuclear bomb vs hydraulic press

[@nunyabidness674]

Congrats, you just demonstrated why velocity makes AP rounds work... Mass x (Velocity x Velocity) = force.

[@Unknown-0-0-1-]

Tungsten plate with tungsten round next

[@sustainablesolutions7976]

Do plutonium next! Obviously kidding, thank you for another interesting video!

[@Vile_Entity_3545]

The A-10 has to be the sexiest military aircraft ever made. From the look and the sound of the brrrrrrrp from the cannon, it has everything in my eyes. I suppose people like fast sleek planes and some vintage, but the A-10 is something I would love to see in real life.

[@touffel726]

Why you wanna see something like that? Isn‘t love our purpose

[@rharris1336]

Got to see a maneuvering demonstration at Edwards AFB back in 1990. That footage at 0:50 seconds in is a great angle. I guess you wouldn’t want to see that angle if you were on the opposing team 😂 Amazingly agile. Not fast, but when you carry that kind of fire power, I guess you don’t need speed.

[@drahosek1]

It's not aircraft. It's a gun with wings.

[@johnnyllooddte3415]

why do youthink they use deleted uraniun, instead of tungsten.. because its pyrotic( becomes plasma) and has a deeper penetration and then explodes on exit from the cavity.. tungsten is much harder but penetrates both sides of the vehicle and may not incapacitate the occupants nor the vehicle.. Why use depleted uranium instead of tungsten? Depleted Uranium Penetrator Rounds | Museum of Radiation and ... Tungsten, which has a similar density to uranium, can also be used but DU has greater target penetration. Unlike tungsten, uranium is pyrophoric. It also has a lower melting point than tungsten. As a DU penetrator strikes a target, its surface temperature increases dramatically.

[@mash8050]

Now show us Tungsten Carbide vs AR 500 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@WyattChilson]

The reason DU failed in this video is because its not good for pressure but when you throw it at 1500m/s it becomes way more dense and stronger while Tungsten at 1500m's become brittle when it hits a target which is why we stopped using it plus DU self sharpens and ignites when it comes into contact with another metal at high speed and when it goes through tank armor it ignites the inside of the tank and releases toxic Smoke the fire will either outright kill the crew and ignite the ammo inside the tank even if the round doesn't touch the ammo and the smoke will scorch the lungs of humans and it gives off the same type of atmosphere as a White phosphorus bomb and if you know anything about those bombs even if you don't get hit by the phosphorus the smoke it makes can burn your lungs and burn your skin and the heat in the area where it went off at the heat is enough to burn the area and clothing igniting you into fire if you somehow get out of the area you will still die unless you get to a hospital quickly because your lungs will start filling with liquids drowning you slowly and how they combat that is they drain the fluids from your lungs ever few hours until they heal and if they don't heal you will either get a lung transplant or you will die and if you don't die your life expectancy will be 5 to 10 years and the rest of your life will be extremely bad this is why we use DU for a sabot round instead of tungsten because its better at going through heavy armor and the after shock of when it goes into the tank and for the life of me I don't know why the US military doesn't give the A-10 DU sabot round they give it DU AP rounds but if they gave it DU APFSDS rounds they would have nearly double the pen and a more pyrophoric property to it

[@bobertjones2300]

Run On Sentence of the Day Award. Please use your scholarship at the University of Punctuation Junction.

[@WyattChilson]

If you cant follow with your eyes you have brain issues @@bobertjones2300

[@tomparrish3617]

That is not a depleted uranium penetrator I’ve seen thousands of them actually 16 million of them. Not one !!!!!’

[@vlaskarountzos5803]

Where does someone get depleted uranium... asking for a friend

[@КонюхФедоров-ы9ч]

Это не была сталь от Т34 Вы лжецы

[@CrazyMurphy]

A comparison between Russian armor steel from the T34 and the German armor steel Tiger would be interesting. Since the Russian one was cast and the German one was rolled.

[@johnslugger]

*DU used in Tank Darts is alloyed with 2% carbon and heat treated. Not the same stuff.*

[@jeffreyyoung4104]

I would much rather use Tungsten Carbide than depleted Uranium, especially if you are going to file or grind it! I have many Tungsten Carbide tools to use, as well as TC rod for tool making. But I only have samples of radioactive materials to test my Geiger counter with, so I can check watch hands for Radium paint. Once radio active dust gets in your lungs, stomach, or sinuses, it will cause all kinds of damage!

[@НиколайАлешин-щ9ш]

Эксперимент некорректен! Ни с ураном, ни с броней. Есть такое понятие как "время релаксации и время воздействия", так вот, в этом эксперименте время релаксации меньше времени воздействия и происходят пластичные деформации. При выстреле будет наоборот. И не факт что "слабая" броня Т-34 покажет себя хуже "твердой современной". Современная может расколоться. Тоже и с ураном и карбидом.

[@texpatrobertrice8309]

The penetrating sabo round work by kinetic energy. In the case of depleted uranium the slow penetration doesn't do justice to when it is fired at a velocity of 1 mile per second. An example would be a 7.62 round from an AK47 compared with a .223 M16/M14 round. The 7.62 round will have difficulty penetrating bullet proof glass as used in up-armored vehicles. While the .223 penetrates easily the bullet proof glass. The reason is due to kinetic energy. The .223 round travels faster, and the point of impact is smaller. When that much energy is applied to that single point the outcome is dramatic.

[@1888bry]

Gulf war illness from DU

[@BackyardBeeKeepingNuevo]

Don’t try this at home. Like I have an awesome press and uranium at home.😂

[@CLCIII]

Tungston carbide would completely destroy the rifling and barrel that it was shot out of so it would never be used for armor penetrating rounds.

[@AmonAmarthFan609]

Depends on what it’s being fired from

[@CLCIII]

@@AmonAmarthFan609 It would ONLY work as a sabot round. If it were a rifled barrel of any material the tungston carbide round would not deform to engage the rifling and would likely jam the bore destroying the barrel in the process. I'de be interested in your working theory. As Always, May God Bless you and yours! 😇

[@peterweller8583]

sabot

[@CLCIII]

@@peterweller8583Exactly, as I stated above.

[@herrhaber9076]

This is why it's called a penetrator ! It's inside the round. Sometimes even in two separate pieces. The projectiles themselves are usually a nickel-steel alloy are are employed in SABOT rounds.

[@mitch3384]

Thank god they wrapped the armour piercing depleted uranium safely, so it didn't break in transit!

[@SylvanasCry]

Depleted uranium actually has many more advantages. There is a lot of it, it is cheaper, and it also effectively penetrates armor. But unlike tungsten carbide, it has a MUCH more powerful secondary action. Depleted uranium aerosol ignites strongly in air, creating a high-explosive effect. And tungsten carbide causes virtually no secondary damage.

[@zanitzeuken]

Ah, the GAU8. The gun they built a plane around.

[@theschmedaparadox1018]

Yes it is

[@rdw6156]

The giant spike vs old tank armor and the new.....first block of old was aluminum......second block was steel and an aluminum spike.....cmon man

[@Mechronastamuth]

So should we drop all the uraniums in our houses?

[@t-dog8528]

A temperature gauge would've been a great addition to check friction temperature

[@corkystorky]

it's amazing they drilled and got that metal from Uranus!