yellowcake: why is it called a cake
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Thu Jan-13-05 01:32 PM
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| yellowcake: why is it called a cake |
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when it's clearly a figment of dubya's imagination?
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| Coastie for Truth
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Thu Jan-13-05 01:40 PM
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| 1. It's a "Chemical Engineering" expression... |
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The uranium sulfate is in the form of a concentrated "slurry" and is passed through a filter. What builds up on the filter is called a "filter cake" or just a "cake" as in "caked on solids".
It's chemical engineering jargon
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Thu Jan-13-05 01:41 PM
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| 2. Want me to get a picture of some.... |
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My Science teacher husband was taking inventory of the chemical reposetory and came across some that's been hanging around since the 60's or so.
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