According to the wikipedia, the specific gravity of lead is 11.35, for depleted uranium is 19.1 and for gold is 19.3. ( Relative density - Wikipedia )
I would replace all my dive weight with depleted uranium, but a person in the USA is only allowed to own 1.5kg of the stuff. ( Uranium metal 99.9% depleted U238 — Luciteria )
So rather than mix and match the metal, I'd like to just go with gold. If it normally takes me 20 lbs of lead, would the math be as simple as 20 / (19.3 / 11.35) = 11.42 lbs of gold?
Based on the current market price, that'd only cost about $348,704 - which seems like a cheap way to get more than eight pounds off of my weight belt. It'd make shore entries a bit nicer.
I would replace all my dive weight with depleted uranium, but a person in the USA is only allowed to own 1.5kg of the stuff. ( Uranium metal 99.9% depleted U238 — Luciteria )
So rather than mix and match the metal, I'd like to just go with gold. If it normally takes me 20 lbs of lead, would the math be as simple as 20 / (19.3 / 11.35) = 11.42 lbs of gold?
Based on the current market price, that'd only cost about $348,704 - which seems like a cheap way to get more than eight pounds off of my weight belt. It'd make shore entries a bit nicer.