http://www.scienceforums.net/forums/showthread.php?t=14951

I've never heard of this experiment before (the one with the decaying phosphorus). Care to elaborate, YT?

On pssing radioactive waves through phosophorous.

It's luminescense is increased and it stays luminiscent for a long time.

If you use radium to emit the rays theywill give off 140 calories of heat in an hour.

Pretty less

But it continues to emit for long periods of time.

there`s no way I can elaborate, he`de misquoted me entirely, the thread he`s on about is here: http://www.scienceforums.net/forums/showthread.php?t=2608

Alright. So, can anyone tell me how to do this experiment? I am actually itching to try it out - now where can I get some radium...

did you READ the link I posted at #3?

 

and BTW, it WAS only an Idea

Oh lol. Srry. For some unexplainable reason I seem to have sort of missed that link in post 3. Reading it now...

On pssing radioactive waves through phosophorous.

It's luminescense is increased and it stays luminiscent for a long time.

If you use radium to emit the rays theywill give off 140 calories of heat in an hour.

Pretty less

But it continues to emit for long periods of time.

Where does the phosphorus come in in this experiment?

Where does the phosphorus come in in this experiment?

 

that`s just it, it doesn`t and never did!

you have ed84c to thank for that wild goose chase.

How dangerous would this experiment be if I'm working in a university lab (supposedly)? Does a university generally store radium for laboratories?

What other radioactive materials can be used for this experiment besides radium?

Hmm...I may try it out...

One must also remember that radium metal cannot exist in water. The addition of metallic radium to water will result in the formation of Ra(OH)2 and hydrogen gas. So you'll chemically generate a lot of heat as well if you put Ra(s) into water.

I'm interested in a simaler experament where you coat the active side of a small solar panal in radium paint and then hook it up to an LED. unfortunly it dosn't seem that Radium is as easy to obtain as it once was.

unfortunly it dosn't seem that Radium is as easy to obtain as it once was.

Yes, and that is with very good reason!

So, theres some 50mL of old Radium paint lying nearby. How much radium you think is in that? Grandpa's old dial making odds and ends are stored in handy reach.

I'd never want to attempt this prep though.

sorry, meant DRIED UP, old radium paint.