Klarinet Archive - Posting 000103.txt from 1998/12

From: Grant Green <gdgreen@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] The helionet
Date: Thu, 3 Dec 1998 16:56:39 -0500

>Where would UF6 vapour put us - apart from in the terminal ward????
>Roger S.
>

UF6 is 352 g/mol, so the speed of sound would be reduced by a factor of
SQRT(29/352) or about 0.29. Close to two octaves down. Unfortunately, UF6
is a solid at room temperature. It sublimes (converts directly to gas) at
56.5 degrees C, so you'd have to inhale it hot (in more ways than one!) and
exhale it while it was precipitating in your lungs. Also, it reacts
vigorously with water to form UO2F2 and HF, neither of which you want
anywhere *near* your lungs. HF is so corrosive that it etches glass...

Grant

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