Re: atmospherics

Posted by Bruce Sherwood on Jun 12, 2012; 8:22pm
URL: http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/atmospherics-tp7580159p7580175.html

I hadn't thought of the physiological issue you raise, but I would
expect a molecule of UF6 to be far too large to pass from the lungs
into the blood stream. Good point, though.

Bruce

On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 1:49 PM, Steve Smith <[hidden email]> wrote:

> BasherWo the Science Ninja does it again!
>
> Bruce, that was a killer "lecture", especially about the He/UF6 thing...
>
> I always wondered if there were *another* example of the "speed of sound in
> gas" thing to complement the helium experiment virtually everyone has tried
> (or at least observed).   Breathing UF6 seems just so wrong at so many
> levels, but I suppose it stands to reason that the lung physiology might not
> "couple" at all with such a heavy and odd element.   I suppose the whole
> Alveola thing is about Oxygen one direction or the other (absorb O2, release
> CO2?) with Nitrogen being pretty benign and CO wicked.   And all the
> hydrocarbons playing in there somewhere too I suppose...
>
> I'm feeling an itch to open the encyclopaedia again!  Dammit!

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