Testing uranium oxide Fiesta dinnerware with a Geiger counter - GIF

[ToolTalkBot]

Testing uranium oxide Fiesta dinnerware with a Geiger counter.




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1918 radioactive energy drink - photo
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[nova_robotics]

I just bought a bunch of vaseline glass from an estate auction to use as radioactive test sources. Some aren't radioactive, some are pretty hot.

[Floradawg]

I just bought a bunch of vaseline glass from an estate auction to use as radioactive test sources. Some aren't radioactive, some are pretty hot.

Small world. I just ordered some from Amazon. I bought two geiger counters from Electronic Goldmine a couple months ago. One for me and one for a Christmas gift coming up. I might get the glass today. It is 50 beads of yellow uranium glass.

[tlnixon]

What is the units is it reading? (.202) I know the wartime units were Roetgens/hr, and Milli Roetgens/hr.

[nova_robotics]

What is the units is it reading? (.202) I know the wartime units were Roetgens/hr, and Milli Roetgens/hr.

Pretty sure that's micro-Sieverts per hour.