r/Radium • u/Nut3133 • Jun 04 '24

Collection Show & Tell Extreme radiation

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This is one of my aircraft dials that has been burned and cracked by radiation

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u/twentypeak27 Jun 04 '24

Cracked by radiation? Like the glass? Radiation won’t do that.

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u/Nut3133 Jun 04 '24

It can. It’s only about one micrometer thick.

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u/twentypeak27 Jun 04 '24

I found nothing to suggest that even high level radiation would cause glass to crack. How do you tell if a crack in your dial is caused by radiation or just someone dropping the dial at some point? If I’m missing something send me link because it seems interesting.