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The crucifix is different, besides the Uranium glass it has engravings painted with something I think is tritium.
by gabrielblack 5y ago
The crucifix is different, besides the Uranium glass it has engravings painted with something I think is tritium.
- foobarian 5y agoThat is a little scary - a bit into the territory of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radium_Girls https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radium_Girls
- gabrielblack 5y agoLet's say that my grandmother lived in times where the radiation was too much "mainstream": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoe-fitting_fluoroscope https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoe-fitting_fluoroscope https://spectrum.ieee.org/fun-and-uranium-for-the-whole-family-in-this-1950s-science-kit https://spectrum.ieee.org/fun-and-uranium-for-the-whole-fami... and they was really close to create a world you can see in Fallout, the game: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aircraft_Nuclear_Propulsion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aircraft_Nuclear_Propulsion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Nucleon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Nucleon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davy_Crockett_(nuclear_device) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davy_Crockett_(nuclear_device)
- ars 5y agoHow old is it? Tritium has a half life of only 12.3 years, so if it's more than 60 years or so old, there's basically none left (around 3%), certainly not enough to make it glow. Radium is much more likely if it's still glowing.
- gabrielblack 5y agoMore than 60, yes, maybe it's other source
- garmaine 5y agoRadium more likely. Tritium is produced in small quantities in nuclear reactors and is the fuel for fusion bombs. I doubt that was used to make a crucifix.
- gabrielblack 5y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Tritium-watch.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Tritium-watch.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tritium_radioluminescence https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tritium_radioluminescence