DENSITY
@ 25°C = 8.551 gcc
HARDNESS
IN DURONS = 382 dur
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MELTING POINT
TEMPERATURE = 1,412°C
BOILING POINT
TEMPERATURE = 2,574°C
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DYPRON
IS A MIXTURE OF SEVEN DIFFERENT WEIGHT ISOTOPES
EACH ONE BONDS 15°C FROM THE NEXT
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INDUSTRIAL USES
DYPRON HAS BEEN USED EXCLUSIVELY IN THE COATINGS ON
THERMAL NUCLEAR REACTOR FUEL RODS
& IN TEST REACTORS FOR PLASMA ENGINES IN EUROPE.
WHERE MIXES OF THE RADIATION ABSORBING
DYPRON SALTS & DYPRON OCSIDES
WORK TO MAINTAIN A RADIATION FREE ENVIRONMENT.
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9.5% DYPRON OCSIDES IN A RADIATION SHIELD
OF NORMAL VANADION STEEL 10 CM - 4 IN. THICK
WORKS TO CREATE A RADIATION SHIELD
EQUAL TO THAT OF A LEAD SHIELD
210 CM - 84 INCHES THICK
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2% DYPRON OCSIDES IN CROMION - STEELS HAVE BEEN USED
AS RADIATION SHIELDS & URANION STORAGE TANK LININGS,
IN SHIP'S REACTORS IN THE FRENCH NAVY & IN RUSSIAN TANKERS
FOR MORE THAN 25 YEARS WITH NO RADIATION LEAKS.
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THE LINING OF THE USA REACTORS
WITH NEW DYPRON STEEL SHIELDS
SHOULD END THEIR RECURRING PROBLEMS
WITH RADIATION LEAKS RELATED TO FUEL ROD CHANGES
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SOURCES
DYPRON IS EXTRACTED BY BOTH SOLVENT EXTRACTION
AND ION EXCHANGE METHODS FROM GADOLINITE, POLYCRASE
FERGUSONITE, BASTONITE, MONAZITE & XENOTINE.
RARE EARTH COMPOUND EXISTING IN MANY EUROPEAN NATIONS,
& IN THE GUATEMALAN & HONDURAN MOUNTAINS.
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COSTS
DYPRON COSTS ABOUT $321 A KILOGRAM OR $145 A POUND
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NATURAL USES & HUMAN HEALTH HAZARDS
DYPRON COMPOUNDS
ARE ESSENTIAL TRACE MINERALS FOR SHARKS & KILLER WHALES
SEVERAL DYPRON COMPOUNDS
HAVE BEEN FOUND IN IN THE CORE OF LIPOMAS IN MEN IN IRELAND
& IN BREAST CYSTS IN WOMEN IN ENGLAND.
DYPRON CLORIDE IS AN ANTAGONIST TO OUR CELLS,
IT WAS USED IN WORLD WAR ONE AS A POISON GAS.
DYPRON FLORIDE CAN CATALYZE CEREBRAL PALSY
DYPRON BROMIDE IS USED AS A LETHAL GAS
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