cool_hardware52
Contributor
The Kracken:I've often thought of depleted uranium for weights. I've dealt with that stuff and GEEEEZ is it heavy (dense). The problem is cutting the stuff. There really isn't a radioactivity problem, hence "depleted". A couple of pieces about the size of 2 "D" cell batteries would give you about 10 pounds of weight.
Depleted uranium has about twice the density of lead.
Boy you aren't kidding. Years ago, (durring a previous lifetime) I helped to build the gun range where they test fired the ammo for the A10. 30MM DU rounds. Well over 1000lbs per cuft. As I remember these rounds were about the size of "D" cells........
My guess is that quick trip to certain colorful middle eastern locales could yeild plenty of "D" cell hunks ready to use.
Tobin