| From: | "DEmon, CEO of Hell." <DEMON69@*****.TAMU.EDU> |
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| Subject: | about those phosphorous round... |
| Date: | Fri, 9 Apr 93 00:49:10 CET |
>burst into flames before it was even fired. (I don't think you could keep
>every bit of surface area covered in oil all the way until it leaves the
>barrel.) You would have to fully jacket the bullet in some metal that would
>not react with the Phos. A full copper jacket should work. Can anyone else
>provide better info or elaborate?
> BTW, the phosphorous would not burn too much if in a deep wound
>since there would be no air for it to burn with there in the wound. If the
>wound were rather shallow and the Posphorous were exposed to air then Mr.
>Target would not be happy.
Ok, one little point about phosphorous rounds lodged deep in the body:
Hemoglobin!
There is plenty of oxygen available in your body for the phosphorous
to burn. I'll admit that it would probably not burn as long as it would
on the surface (i.e. exposed to air), but your blood would provide oxygen.
For those that don't know, the binding of oxygen to hemoglobin is an
equilibrium reaction: as long as there is oxygen present, the hemoglobin
will absorb it. If something (your cells or that 30.06 phosphorous round
somewhere in your spleen) is using up all of the free floating oxygen,
your hemoglobin will cheerfully give up its oxygen. OUCH!
Mike Barrett.
aka Trilobite.
