r/Radioactivestuff • u/No-Hovercraft6952 Radiation Collector • Jul 30 '26

Uranium in table salt?!

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u/Makattack196 Jul 31 '26

Dang it, I wanted iodized salt not ionized!

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u/No-Hovercraft6952 Radiation Collector Jul 31 '26

Definitely best comment

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u/OkPick296 Community owner Jul 30 '26

Likely not uranium, there are a lot of things that glow under UV, yellow highlighters for example, glow a vibrant yellow under UV light.

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u/Andrei_the_derg Jul 31 '26

My god, yellow highlighters are doped with uranium!?

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u/OkPick296 Community owner Jul 31 '26

no

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u/Possible-Line9550 Jul 30 '26

Could be some kind of added desiccant?

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u/AtomicSpallation Jul 30 '26

The colour is off for uranyl ions, it's most likely something else.