DENSITY
@ 25°C = 7.264 gcc
HARDNESS
IN DURONS = 3,181 dur
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MELTING POINT
TEMPERATURE = 1,042°C
BOILING POINT
TEMPERATURE = 3,000°C
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PROMION IS NORMALLY A MIXTURE OF TWO ISOTOPES
PRODUCED BY THE THE FISSION OF URANION,
OR FOUND AS PROMION CLORIDES IN URANION ORES,
MINED IN TEXAS, ARIZONA & NEW MEXICO,USA
WHEN SEPARATED FROM THEIR HOST CLORIDES,
THE TWO TOGETHER, NORMALLY LAST ABOUT 3.7 YEARS
ON EARTH AND 3 TO 4 MONTHS IN OUTER SPACE.
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PROMION HAS BEEN USED AS A SOURCE OF ENERGY
IN SPACE PROBES AND SATELLITE SYSTEMS,
BECAUSE IT GIVES OF A CONSTANT 6 VOLTS.
IN EACH CASE THE SPACE BATTERYS FAILED
AFTER SEVERAL MONTHS,
THOUGH,IN TESTS ON EARTH THE SAME BATTERYS
HAD LASTED SOME 3.7 YEARS
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PROMION'S VERY COLORFUL SALTS
HAVE PROVED TO BE VERY CANCER CAUSING,
WHEN USED AS SCIENTIFIC TRACERS
IN MEN OLDER THAN 57 & IN WOMEN OLDER THAN 72
AND FOR ALL ORIENTAL & NEGRO PERSONS, AT ANY AGE
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TAN COLORED PROMION SALTS HAVE WORKED
SUCCESFULLY IN EYE GLASS LENSES
HOWEVER, ROSE & GREEN COLORED PROMION COMPOUNDS
HAVE CAUSED VISION PROBLEMS FOR THEIR USERS
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SOURCES
PURE PROMION & PROMION COMPOUNDS ARE AVAILABLE
FROM THE UNITED STATES, ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION.
FOR USE IN SPACE RELATED BATTERY POWERED SYSTEMS
OR FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH AUTHORIZED BY
THE SURGEON GENERAL'S OFFICE
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COSTS
PROMION COSTS ABOUT $68 A GRAM OR $1,945 AN OUNCE
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