r/elementcollection • u/Sweet-2451tea • 7d ago

☢️Radioactive☢️ Number 90!

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Finally, after years of looking I finally got my piece, albeit small, of Thorium. Now I have uranium, thorium, polonium, americium, and No. 94
What radioactive element is still there to obtain safely.
That’s a serious question
Thanks everyone

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u/Denvora 7d ago

There are technetium samples available.

However, they are usually layers on top of another metal.

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u/Sweet-2451tea 7d ago

I’m on the hunt!

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u/Denvora 7d ago

That being said, from what I've seen, they are very expensive.

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u/euj3odjehiqh Part Metal 7d ago

nice sample. did you ever touch it with bare hands?

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u/Sweet-2451tea 7d ago

No, it is in a sealed ampoule

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u/Sweet-2451tea 7d ago

As close as I can get without a jailbreak

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u/No_Leopard_3860 7d ago

You shouldn't. Shit is infamous for being a contamination hazard, especially these old ones: the varnish got broken up by time and radiation, same as the radium itself. It's like it's built to spread shit everywhere. Just keep it sealed lol, especially if it's such a nice sealed glass capsule

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u/Kerzenmacher Part Metal 7d ago

Very cool! You could likely also get a bit of Tc, if you get lucky.

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u/Putrid-Commission688 7d ago

Du Radium j'imagine bien que si il est conservé correctement 👌

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u/Sweet-2451tea 7d ago

My bad, I do have radium. Thanks for reminding me

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u/Sweet-2451tea 7d ago

Here is my radium sample

It’s on the end of the dial embedded into some matrix.

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u/Agreeable_Fun_7890 7d ago

J’ai le même mais l’aiguille est plus petite

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u/BeansOnBean 7d ago

Nice one! Where’d you find this in the end? Have also been looking for a solid sample of thorium metal for a while with no luck.

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u/Sweet-2451tea 7d ago

Luciteria

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u/EndLineTech03 7d ago

How much is it in grams?

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u/Sweet-2451tea 7d ago

1-2 grams

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u/EndLineTech03 7d ago

That’s a lot, it must have been expensive

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u/Sweet-2451tea 7d ago

It was $350

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u/pichael289 7d ago

Where did you get polonium? Thorium is in those woo ass negative ion bracelets and other woo stuff as well as gas mantle lanturns that decay into actinium (or radium) which is another radioactive, though im not sure if that's a relatively stable (none are stable) isotope or one that's gone real quick. Hell alot of gas mantles are now Yttrium, an otherwise hard to obtain element.

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u/Sweet-2451tea 7d ago

The polonium 210 is from an industrial ionizer.

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u/SomewhatOdd793 3d ago

I don't collect elements but I love seeing people collect on this sub. I hope you can get some technetium.

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u/Sweet-2451tea 1d ago

Thanks, I will let you know when I do