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- Oct 11, 2018
Yeah, nothing you wrote happened in your life, but I still wanna sperg because it's something that interests me.
Thread tax: ALR is fat and I would not have sex with her.
Reason I'm a nerd about this shit: My profession was dealing with radioactive shit for well over 20 years.
Uranium was commonly used in glassware and jewelry to achieve the spiffy 'glow in the dark' effect that is produced by the radioactive decay of the isotope. The spontaneous decay of unstable isotopes (aka: those with atomic imbalances between protons and electrons, which undergo decay to reduce the ionic imbalance and attain a stable state). The decay produces a particle emission along with the expulsion of photons, aka: heat and light.
Power plants utilize these photons to heat shit up, which is then used in varying fashions based on what type of plant it is to produce electricity and motor movement. Or as we say aboard ships with these spiffy power plants, we 'make the propellers go roundy-roundy and the generators go spark-spark.'
Now in addition to the photons produced, there's a particle as previously stated. Uranium typically does what's called 'alpha decay', meaning it poops out a helium atom when it decays. This aids in the solving that ionic imbalance issue, and enough pops results in a stable atom.
Is it safe? Pretty much. Alpha particles are blocked by a layer of dead cells, aka: your skin. They are heavy particles that can cause some pretty decent damage if they smack into live cells with a decent amount of their energy remaining, but stop on a freaking dime if they hit dead stuff. They cause significant damage if ingested. So personally, I wouldn't drink from uranium-laced stemware or eat off of uranium-laced plates, but I would wear uranium-laced jewelry without a care in the world.
Uranium was commonly used in glassware and jewelry to achieve the spiffy 'glow in the dark' effect that is produced by the radioactive decay of the isotope. The spontaneous decay of unstable isotopes (aka: those with atomic imbalances between protons and electrons, which undergo decay to reduce the ionic imbalance and attain a stable state). The decay produces a particle emission along with the expulsion of photons, aka: heat and light.
Power plants utilize these photons to heat shit up, which is then used in varying fashions based on what type of plant it is to produce electricity and motor movement. Or as we say aboard ships with these spiffy power plants, we 'make the propellers go roundy-roundy and the generators go spark-spark.'
Now in addition to the photons produced, there's a particle as previously stated. Uranium typically does what's called 'alpha decay', meaning it poops out a helium atom when it decays. This aids in the solving that ionic imbalance issue, and enough pops results in a stable atom.
Is it safe? Pretty much. Alpha particles are blocked by a layer of dead cells, aka: your skin. They are heavy particles that can cause some pretty decent damage if they smack into live cells with a decent amount of their energy remaining, but stop on a freaking dime if they hit dead stuff. They cause significant damage if ingested. So personally, I wouldn't drink from uranium-laced stemware or eat off of uranium-laced plates, but I would wear uranium-laced jewelry without a care in the world.
Thread tax: ALR is fat and I would not have sex with her.
. So, once more, into the fray...also I've done the 40-minute and that one public livestream already so it's not that dramatic lol.
