When its lights in my pc at 40 I'm juvenile but when its your dinnerwear its kooky and fun...
My wife collects uranium glass. It’s mostly safe. Most uranium glass has very little uranium in it and that is mostly sealed away within the glass. However, like lead crystal glass, very very very tiny amounts can leach out over time and end up in food or drink. The amount that can leach out like this is not going to cause any problems for you. Still, wash before and after use to further minimize contamination and don’t used chipped or scratched glass that could shed larger particles.
I wouldn’t use them as my every day plates but for special occasions it’s a fun conversation starter.
"what the fuck is this"
"it's uranium"
sounds like a fun conversation indeed
Me & my date at the sublime Xbox restaurant I franchise with a portion of my ample fortune
Me after dinner
Matchy matchy
Eggs at thanksgiving??? No. It's not safe. It's going to cause stinky farts in the house, at max capacity! 200 people, all egg farting in one house???
Pretty sure you need gas masks.
Yeah its safe. Your aunties nasty ass jello salad with banana's in it is giving you far more radiation exposure than those plates, because you put it inside you.
You could put one of those candle holders inside you if you're so inclined.
paige no
Is there something specific about bananas or is it just the go to stand in for saying that even fruit entire radiation?
The potassium taken up by banana plants during growth has radioactive isotopes which are concentrated in the fruiting bodies.
It's well-enough documented that there's an informal unit of measurement for it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banana_equivalent_dose
Most of the respondents to your comment focused on the bananas themselves as being the issue, but they are actually missing the point somewhat. Bananas do have more potassium and are more radioactive than other fruit, but actually, its the "putting them inside you" which is the much larger issue. The inverse square law applies to all forms of radiation and you've effectively reduced that to 0 by ingesting the thing which is radioactive. So instead of absorbing a small fraction of the total radiation emitted by the thing over time, you are exposed to ALL of the radiation emitted by the thing over time. Not to mention any radiation given off the plates is not even going to be able to penetrate your skin or clothes; whereas the banana is already inside you.
Bananas genuinely are more radioactive than most other foods due to their high potassium content and the relatively high frequency of radioactive isotopes of potassium.
Babe, put out the fine Xbox tableware
Personally, I think I would save these for Halloween or a kid’s birthday party. They’re cool and I kinda want some but I also feel like they’re not conducive to keeping the food down.
You can find it pretty easy in antique stores if you really want some.
As long as it isn't uranium glazed glass it is safe to eat from. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1322875/
From the paper: "The maximum quantity of uranium leached from the uranium-bearing glasses was about 30 micrograms L-1, while that from the ceramic-glazed items was about 300,000 micrograms L-1. "
Thanks for posting this!!
If you don't reach critical mass, did you even feast?
Looks like a black light overhead causing everything fluorescent to glow.
Edit: Not even just looks like. That's exactly what it is.
Well yeah; to see the glowing effect of Uranium glass, you need to put it under a UV light.
"Oh hey! Neat plates!"
See the group name
"The cancer is coming from INSIDE the building"
Yeah the radiation is super lower. Aslong as you don't spend literally months holding it to your body it's fine. The danger is if they break getting dust in your body. Then you have a constant source trapped in your body which isn't ideal.
I've heard that you want to not use acidic food on some, since it will dissolve some of the plate into the food.
That's only really for glassware with a uranium glaze. The uranium inside the glass is stable and sealed away enough that mild food acids won't affect it. The biggest concerns are for chips or cracks in the glass, the uranium can still leech into food that way.
The real problem - don't look at the UV light shining on this! You are much more likely to get eye damage from the light than you are to experience any illness from the radiation.
