HYDRAULIC PRESS VS URANIUM

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

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.

"Don't try this at home" like i have uranium at home 😂

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

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

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.

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

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

That uranium sure feels depleted now.

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

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.

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

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!

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

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

That tungsten punched through that steel like it was clay

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

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 waaaaay 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.

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 :)

Completely misunderstanding.... uranium core has self sharpens effect and this 45 mm steel from t34 is like butter target. We are talking about impact effect not pressing.