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Making uranium glass

2020-02-15

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For this project, I'll be making radioactive uranium glass, which was very popular 100 years ago. Under a blacklight, the uranium in it fluoresces to give off a nice green color.

WARNING: Working with uranium and radioactive material is dangerous, and this video is for entertainment/educational purposes only. Please don't try and repeat what you see. Also, when the project is done, the waste needs to be dealt with and handled properly. On my second channel, NileBlue, I show what I did with it and you can check it out here: https://youtu.be/7ZUqSncJ5U0

References:

• Applied Science: https://www.youtube.com/user/bkraz333

• Cody'sLab: https://www.youtube.com/user/theCodyReeder

• Cloudylabs: https://youtu.be/ZiscokCGOhs

Uranium waste cleanup on NileBlue: https://youtu.be/7ZUqSncJ5U0

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