Klarinet Archive - Posting 000152.txt from 1998/12
From: "Scott Morrow" <scottdmorrow@-----.com> Subj: Re: [kl] The helionet Date: Fri, 4 Dec 1998 14:05:35 -0500
>
>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
>
But we COULD give it to the brass players, right?
-Scott
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