From: "Tony Ingenoso" 

What force is going to "frang" a 10 micron particle?

The point is that transport across cell walls occurs on a molecular level,
NOT at a boulder level.

"Don Hills"  wrote in message
news:fZN3CtgaXqrI092yn{at}attglobal.net...
> In article , "Tony Ingenoso"

wrote:
> >How big is this DU "dust"?  I looked up the answer so I
know -- approx 10
> >micron for the finest particles blasted apart by impact vaporization.
> >
> >BTW, ordinary bacteria are in the <5 micron range in size for comparason.
> >
> >It sounds to me like you're trying to stuff (relative) boulders through
the
> >spaces in a screen door's screen.  Are you REALLY sure this mechanism
you're
> >talking about actually works?
>
> You should have read some more. The DU particles oxidise into oxides of
> uranium. The oxide particles are "frangible" - they readily
break apart
into
> finer and finer particles.

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