The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Just Post@lemmy.world · 1 year agoIs this... safe?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square82linkfedilinkarrow-up1322arrow-down16
arrow-up1316arrow-down1imageIs this... safe?lemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Just Post@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square82linkfedilink
minus-squarepiecat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13·1 year agoNot quite, Radioactive substances don’t actually glow visibly themselves… Uranium glass fluoresces under UV, and tritium vials and radium paint contain phosphers that convert radiation to visible light. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phosphorescence https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluorescence
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year agoWell all I know is I could see my keychain glow in the dark and it claimed to be uranium.
minus-squarepiecat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agohttps://sciencenotes.org/do-radioactive-elements-glow-is-radiation-green/
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoI guess whatever is in it isn’t uranium then. 🤷
Not quite,
Radioactive substances don’t actually glow visibly themselves…
Uranium glass fluoresces under UV, and tritium vials and radium paint contain phosphers that convert radiation to visible light.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phosphorescence https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluorescence
Well all I know is I could see my keychain glow in the dark and it claimed to be uranium.
https://sciencenotes.org/do-radioactive-elements-glow-is-radiation-green/
I guess whatever is in it isn’t uranium then. 🤷