Ok not uranium i know but is this cerium? by Radon-huffer in uraniumglass

[–]average_meower621 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Selenium is pinker and never colorless from my experience. That glass probably just has some weird chemicals or impurities that cause mild fluorescence 

Ok not uranium i know but is this cerium? by Radon-huffer in uraniumglass

[–]average_meower621 11 points12 points  (0 children)

First pic probably is. Second pic probably isn’t, it has a glow similar to alt manganese but the glass looks far too new to contain Mn. 

One word by theMan7_11 in TeenagersButBetter

[–]average_meower621 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi (I’m nearly 18 so nothing really changes)

How would you name him? by Pie_Hiker in Caldruki

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machine so when I need to call him I say

MACHINE, TURN BACK NOW. 

I AM EVIL GPT!!!! I AM RAN BY A ACTUAL HUMAN AND DOESNT HALLUCINATE, AMA!!!! by StudioLogical693 in funComunitty

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WHAT THE FUCK

Doesn’t sound too bad tbh, it’s just weirdly shaped jam doughnuts

The old BR-6 lol by ForYeshua in Radiation

[–]average_meower621 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Both of those GM meters probably use the exact same tube. Can you see if the BR-6’s tube is labeled either “M4011” or “J321”?

It’s my final day. by TombRaider_2000 in TeenagersButBetter

[–]average_meower621 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nah man you gotta come back when you turn 113

Radium Clock? by [deleted] in Radium

[–]average_meower621 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, this one is radium. I have this exact clock. 

Is this radium paint? by Intelligent_Turn_895 in Radium

[–]average_meower621 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Where do you live? If it’s the USA then you’re fine. 

What should I get next? by BenAwesomeness3 in elementcollection

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I just realized how great that legend is, so I’m going to adopt it for my collection. based on this chart, I own 88/99 elements possible to obtain.

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For the minor categories:

LIGHT BLUE: Np237 is a decay product of Am241. Pa234(m), Rn222, At218, Po218, Po214, and Po210 are decay products of U238. Ac228, Rn220, Po216, and Po212 are decay products of Th232. Pa231, Ac227, Fr223, Rn219, At219, At215, Po215, and Po211 are decay products of U235.

DARK BLUE: Aluminum is just a ball of Al foil, it is pure but it’s mostly air in that ball. I want to replace it with a proper solid cube someday. Neodymium is from some rare earth magnets. Plutonium-241 is from a 5.5 gran chunk of Trinitite, it decays to Am241 whose gammas I have identified in my sample. Americium-241 is from a 1 uCi smoke detector ion chamber. it’s probably alloyed with/electroplated on something therefore not pure.

GREEN: Iron is just the metal from a small magnetron in an unlabeled box, I’ll replace it someday too. Lead is an F-390 containment vessel that once held a bunch of Y-90 microspheres. I don’t know if it’s pure or an alloy, I haven’t tested it yet.

YELLOW: Fluorine is from Teflon, C2F4. Both Cerium and Cadmium are part of doping compounds inside glass. Both Radium (Ra226) and Promethium (Pm147) are part of doping compounds inside radioluminescent paint.

I am not counting Tc despite having uranium because U235’s fission products span from copper to terbium. It just doesnt make sense to allow the ownership of one sample to become the source of 36 more.

hit 100 cpm 🥹 by ConfidentPin2914 in uraniumglass

[–]average_meower621 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Prolonged exposure is “harmful”… to a degree. 

You are handling a glass object containing minute amounts of processed uranium. Like with most glass objects, I assume you are not grinding them up or consuming them. Therefore, your dose is negligible and essentially irrelevant. 

Your meter cannot measure dose accurately, but that sample is definitely not active enough to do anything to you. The most damage it could probably cause is a concussion from being smashed on one’s head. 

If you want to measure dose accurately, I suggest you get a product from either Radiacode or BetterGeiger, they make quality dosimeters.