Friday, April 16, 2010

IProposeWe Make Radium Photographs


Materials: with any one of a number of radioactive substances such as black uranium oxide, pitchblende, thorium nitrate and uranium nitrate and at a very small outlay.

Procedure:
  1. Lay down a penny or a small object on top of a dry plate sealed in a black paper envelope, which is away from any light.
  2. Lay the radioactive substance on top of the coin.
  3. Do not disturb for a few days.
Safety precautions:
  • wash hands
  • keep hands away from face/body
  • careful with chemicals
Scientific Principles:
  1. Radioactivity changes color
  2. Radioactivity rays changes the color of where it was put.
  3. Radium takes time to react.
  4. Light and placement effect the reaction of the radium.

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