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Miller, key to obtaining 14,700 tons of silver Manhattan Project
- bootload 17y agoI was reading through a synopsis of a Forsyth novel, "" ~ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fist_of_God http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fist_of_God and come across a device called a "Calutron" ~ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calutrons http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calutrons Reading through the Calutron I came across the fact "Ag" replaced scarce supplies of "Cu". In the end using "14,700 tons" from the US Treasury reserves of silver for the Y-12 Manhattan Project. The question I wanted to know and what the article details is "What happened to all the silver?"
- ars 17y agoSummary: This seems to be an obit. The silver was used as an electrical conductor for electromagnetic separation of uranium isotopes.