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Old 6th Oct 2008, 10:08
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Looking at an atomic weight chart, it seems the weight of Uranium is 7 to 8 times the weight of aluminium. Tungsten (which now replaces depleted Uranium is about 6.8 times). The Uranium on our old 747's was removed many years ago.
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