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Verlux/Verlys Help please...
chopin-liszt:
I used uranium salts in a prcatical class at college, as well as quite routinely at work.
DU is not dangerous. The low-level radiation does not penetrate far or through much.
I'd be far happier surrounded by DU than stuck in the middle of a traffic jam surrounded by petrol fumes. ;D
John Smith:
... with respect, I am not trying "to prove" anything, we are not arguing here, just relaying the information at our disposal, for the good benefit of all. I am not suggesting for one moment that Uranium is used by the bucket load by all and sundry. It is true that uranium "glass" can be used and still is... I have used the glass myself as pre-produced soda glass rods, and yes it can probably still be purchased to create animals etc., as in this state it causes no threat, but to imagine for one moment that glass blower's knock up a batch in their studio, length and breadth of England, is simply not true, and you could apply for a "licence" until the cows come home and it would be refused... Let alone being able to purchase Uranium in its oxide form.... If you could find a supplier. My ORIGINAL post regarding this topic, suggested "that it was my understanding that USA and Czechoslovakia were the only countries who actively use/make/produce uranium glass today..." I still believe that is the case and I am not trying to suggest anything else. URANIUM GLASS, is NOT the same as Uranium oxide... And that if you like, is my point. John
chopin-liszt:
The stuff being used by the students in Edinurgh was made in Japan.
Lustrousstone:
I obviously failed to understand that you were talking about uranium oxide for use in glass. My statement regarding the licence was only in respect of the uranium glass.
--- Quote ---URANIUM GLASS, is NOT the same as Uranium oxide
--- End quote ---
My chemistry degree has equipped me with at least that basic knowledge
John Smith:
:) That was exactly my case in point.. Not the use of Uraium Glass as such, but the use of Uranium itself, and where. Anyway, we all be steering clear of this original post and going off on tangents. It most certainly is a healthy debate which should be continued, but has little to do with Verlux/Verlys.... perhaps?
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