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minus-squareElectric_Druid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoReminds me of that uranium glassware that used to be all the rage.
minus-squaretal@lemmy.todayOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uranium_glass Not the same thing, but on a related note, there’s this distinctive orange-red Fiestaware dinnerware from up to around WW2 that used uranium oxide in its glaze and is radioactive. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiesta_(dinnerware) https://www.orau.org/health-physics-museum/collection/consumer/ceramics/fiestaware.html
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Reminds me of that uranium glassware that used to be all the rage.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uranium_glass
Not the same thing, but on a related note, there’s this distinctive orange-red Fiestaware dinnerware from up to around WW2 that used uranium oxide in its glaze and is radioactive.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiesta_(dinnerware)
https://www.orau.org/health-physics-museum/collection/consumer/ceramics/fiestaware.html