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In addition, 430 million troy ounces (of Silver) were used for the Y-12 plant in Oak Ridge. But this was just on-loan from the US Treasury. According to this Wi
by seoulbigchris 3y ago
In addition, 430 million troy ounces (of Silver) were used for the Y-12 plant in Oak Ridge. But this was just on-loan from the US Treasury. According to this Wikipedia article, 0.036% was lost when all was returned to the treasury, some 155 thousand troy ounces.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calutron#Construction https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calutron#Construction
- HPsquared 3y ago(of silver, as a substitute for copper which was in short supply at the time)
- seoulbigchris 3y agoThanks for the correction.
- smallmancontrov 3y agoThat sounds suspiciously low, my naive expectation would be more than that would stick to dies/molds or oxidize, turn into dust, and escape.