The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Just Post@lemmy.world · 2 days agoIs this... safe?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square76fedilinkarrow-up1281arrow-down15
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minus-squarepiecat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·7 hours 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-up1·35 minutes agoWell all I know is I could see my keychain glow in the dark and it claimed to be uranium.
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.