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And DU would be ...? EDIT: I think you meant Tungsten, also known as Wolfram (symbol W): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tungsten http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tun
by gonvaled 14y ago
And DU would be ...?
EDIT: I think you meant Tungsten, also known as Wolfram (symbol W): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tungsten http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tungsten
Gold: 19.30 g/cm3 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold)
Wolfram: 19.25 g/cm3 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tungsten http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tungsten)
EDIT2 (I can not reply to your reply): So you meant Depleted Uranium (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depleted_uranium http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depleted_uranium)
Depleted Uranium: 19.1 g/cm3
So Wolfram is a better substitute for Gold, in terms of density. I do not know about prices or other physical properties.
- glurgh 14y agoPretty sure they meant Depleted Uranium by DU. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depleted_uranium http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depleted_uranium Has a lower density than Tungsten, though so would make a poor counterfeiting material in both cost and physical properties.
- jlgreco 14y agoSorry yes, depleted uranium. Tugnsten also comes close, but not close enough to get it perfect. If you can accurately measure density you could still detect that. The question I suppose is does anybody measure density carefully enough to detect tungsten, and if not, should they be?