HYDRAULIC PRESS VS URANIUM

Using a hydraulic press, we will test the strength of a depleted uranium sample. The core of a projectile from a GAU 8 Advenger cannon

[bluecordprecisiongrading]

I got cancer from Depleted Uranium from patrolling areas hit by A10 gun fire and other platforms using DU penetrators. Once those projectiles hit, they explode and that DU dust can cause a lot of health problems. Awesome video by the way

[LouisEmery]

Thank you for not talking. And not putting on music during the press sequence (well, for most of them). I'd like to hear the machines.

[MrHeuvaladao]

Depleted uranium isn't used because it is hard. It's used because it is dense. Just like lead.

[agerven]

My dad did mathematics on metal strength under varying circumstances. He would have loved your videos!
As a physicist i also like and respect your videos. In this particular case it would have been nice to measure the temperatures of the armor as well as the cones before and afterwards.

[hydraman]

Me in the kitchen putting back my uranium shell in the drawer after reading the do not repeat at home warning.

[CC-nsds]

Yes the tungsten carbide is harder but depleted uranium is specifically used because when it impacts something it actually gets sharper and pens further.

[Hat_Uncle]

We had one of these as kids in the 70's. My dad worked on the 30mm autocannon system for the A-10. Fling it down the road and see all the long bright sparks, for a decade at least. LOL

[NicolaiP]

I Like how natürlich your Videos Sounds. No Music No extra Just the screm of Metals and the Press sounds

[Biketunerfy]

You have to remember that DU is very dense and heavy and it actually self sharpens as it penetrates armour and burns its way through armour and you need speed to do this. A press is not fast enough to ignite the uranium and you would not want to either because it’s toxic in the air.

[unarmored]

Certainly DU is usually on par with Tungsten as a penetrator, USA just uses DU in everything because it's WAY cheaper than Tungsten -both in material cost and manufacturing. This footage doesn't exactly suggest the kinetic effects of the materials, but certainly Tungsten Carbide is some remarkable stuff!

[anthonywarwick]

Very nicely done. Love the only noise being the press and compression of the metals. Thanks 🙏

[dromnispank]

I bet that tungsten carbide couldn't pierce my mum's homemade cookies!

[josephsheranda]

So today we learned how to turn a depleted uranium penetrator into a crayon.

[godsamongmen]

I did some reading on depleted uranium and why the army uses it for some shells. It turns out part of the decision is economic -- depleted uranium isn't necessarily the best metal you could use, but it's a pretty good choice and there's so much of it left over after the enrichment process. When people say that uranium is self-sharpening, they mean that the metal will break into sharp fragments and dust when it hits something at really high speed. The dust is also not just toxic but also highly flammable, so a tank penetrated by uranium shells may end up with a fire inside. And uranium is one of the most dense metals (8th place, with Osmium and Iridium being the first and second most dense), making it good as a high-speed projectile.

[jamesschenk]

That tungsten punched through that steel like it was clay

[zacharyroyce]

The greater hardness of TC does not necessarily mean greater penetration, though it could indirectly through less deformity creating smaller surface area to penetrate and less deflected splash. Depleted uranium is heavier or 'denser' per unit of volume ("density" is physics is mass per unit volume). Force = mass x acceleration. Translated into imprecise everyday language, the amount of penetration is a function of weight and speed. Increase either weight or speed of the projectile for a given caliber (contact area), increase penetration. You can shoot water through metal if you shoot it fast enough and fine enough.

[herrhaber]

You cant imagine for how long I wanted to see such a comparison !
Other things have to be taken under consideration when used as ammo but this was enlightening.
Thank you very much :)

[TheSpacehg]

"Do not repeat at home" as if anyone has an industrial hydrolic press and a depleted uranium round handy lol

[dionnedionne]

At 3:24 the piercing slug is entirely dark. At 4:02 the flat end is still dark. At 4:07 the pointed end is shiny which is totally understandable. At 4:28 the square end is still dark. Then at 4:38 about half of the square end is shiny. Extremely interesting demonstration, this channel is one of my favorites, my wife even watches.

[nicholash]

What was the mass on the U vs the TC? Uranium rounds get their kinetic force from their density, not hardness.