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From: connolly@steinmetz.UUCP (C. Ian Connolly)
Newsgroups: net.bizarre
Subject: Re: Re: Re: plutonium
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Date: Mon, 12-Aug-85 21:43:24 EDT
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> 
> Fine, why don't I just fill your briefcase with plutonium and see how
> long you can carry it around before you drop dead. 8 grams of plutonium
> will boil a liter of water in about a minute. I don't think you want to
> carry around a breifcaseful.
> 
Yet another thing to note:  Plutonium is rather heavy.  I suspect a
briefcase-full would be fairly tiresome to carry around.
-- 
C. Ian Connolly, WA2IFI - USENET: ...edison!steinmetz!connolly
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An rud a bhionn, bionn.