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Glass that glows in a blacklight was the rage in artistic borosilicate glassblowing in recent years, also. The physics behind this is pretty interesting (electr
by code_duck 5y ago
Glass that glows in a blacklight was the rage in artistic borosilicate glassblowing in recent years, also. The physics behind this is pretty interesting (electrons jumping levels and releasing excess energy). We all started carrying around UV flashlights at shows.
A US company called Northstar collaborated with Gaffer Glass from NZ to make a modern borosilicate uranium glass.
https://northstarglass.com/product/ns-137-ill-umanati/ https://northstarglass.com/product/ns-137-ill-umanati/
Along with their competitor Glass Alchemy, they also make several other formulas that fluoresce different colors like pink and blue. (Also check out glass that changes color in fluorescent lamps: https://northstarglass.com/product/tag-069-parallax/ https://northstarglass.com/product/tag-069-parallax/ )
- mtreis86 5y agoMy friend, Ryan, (shameless shoutout) has been manufacturing glass for a while now, and has some very interesting polychromatic glass that changes all sorts of colors. https://greasy-glass-color.myshopify.com/collections/uv https://greasy-glass-color.myshopify.com/collections/uv
- code_duck 5y agoVery cool, I've used his glass a lot! Excellent quality and he has wonderful dedication. Ryan would be an awesome interview for HN, actually.