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2004-10-26 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Iran develops "Zirconium" key nuclear metal

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Posted by Mark Espinola 2004-10-26 1:00:47 AM|| || Front Page|| [11 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Yea and you Iraninan fools can coat razor blades with the oxide too. If you would break doen and shave and wash once and a while that is.

Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom 2004-10-26 7:29:07 AM|| [http://www.slhess.com] 2004-10-26 7:29:07 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 zirconium is used to make the tubes that hold the pellets of Uranium in reactors; zirconium is used for this because it doesn't absorb neutrons well

In Chernobyl, when the core overheated superheated steam reacted with the zirconium to cause an explosion

Posted by mhw 2004-10-26 8:14:31 AM|| 2004-10-26 8:14:31 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 "Iranian scientists have developed technology to produce zirconium..."
I guess "developed" and "stolen" translate about the same from the Farsi.

Posted by Tom 2004-10-26 8:25:00 AM|| 2004-10-26 8:25:00 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Zirconium is a grayish-white material that ignites spontaneously at high temperature.

We need to independently verify that Iran's zirconium is of sufficient purity by performing thermal decomposition tests using atmospheric introduction of bulk accelerants. I'm sure they'll thank us for the unbiased analytical assay.

Posted by Zenster 2004-10-26 10:46:22 AM|| 2004-10-26 10:46:22 AM|| Front Page Top

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