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Subject: What effects would the a cobalt-iodine atomic device have on gold?

Date: Sun Mar 2 17:07:29 2003
Posted by Brandi
Grade level: 10-12 School: Lassiter
City: Marietta State/Province: GA Country: USA
Area of science: Physics
ID: 1046642849.Ph
Message:

In a Bond movie, the villain wants to explode a dirty atomic bomb in fort 
knox.  What effects would the energy of the explosion have on the gold?  The 
movie claims the gold would be "irradiated" for 58 years?  What does that imply?


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