Tanks can shoot kinetic energy “dart” ammo. Scientists say that Tungsten ones dull as they penetrate steel. But depleted uranium ones sharpen. How can this be true?

Question

Are some metals really that different from each other. Thank you.

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Answer 1

The way depleted uranium fractures as the tip impacts the target is to sluff off as splinters thereby “sharpening the tip”. DU is also pryophoric.