Army microcrystalline titanium kinetic-energy penetrator program (Schuh)

Christopher Schuh (MIT DMSE) is funded by the Army to develop microcrystalline titanium as a non-radioactive high-density alternative to depleted uranium.

Professor Schuh in this department's had a lot of money from the Army to do some fundamental studies of microcrystalline titanium alloys, because the Army wants to use titanium — high-density alloy, not radioactive — to replace the depleted uranium in our arsenal. They could have used platinum, they could have used gold — high density — but you wouldn't want to pay for them.