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[-] piecat@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

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

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Well all I know is I could see my keychain glow in the dark and it claimed to be uranium.

[-] piecat@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

https://sciencenotes.org/do-radioactive-elements-glow-is-radiation-green/

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I guess whatever is in it isn't uranium then. 🤷

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