Hi,

Phil Nutting wrote:
> And what about all those lead keels on sailboats?  Will they have to 
> shift to a zinc alloy?

Not really, depleted uranium seems to work OK. Same in armour piercing
shots and aircraft counterbalances.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depleted_uranium

Indrek

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