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Is this... safe? (lemmy.world)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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