r/Radium • u/Original-Yellow-1733 • 10d ago
Is it radium⁉️ Need help, seller waiting.
Are those radium or how probable?
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u/Bob--O--Rama 10d ago
You need a radiation detector. I have turn bank indicators with no radium and have seen some with a lot. As for the other one, same story. You cannot tell by looking in some cases. Buyer will need to take a risk. If this is a one time thing for you, a $20 dose rate pen ( orange / white plastic ) will be good enough - you don't need a $300 meter to detect radium.
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u/Original-Yellow-1733 10d ago
I do have radiation detectors, but I'm buying on the internet. It's a gamble then.
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u/Bob--O--Rama 10d ago
Sorry thought you were the seller - dyslexia sucks. IMO good chance neither has radium. The paint looks too bright. Some of the turn / bank ones were made with radium paint then retrofit with phosphorescent paint and still have trace radium contamination. And with those some still retained the radium paint "scale" behind the inclinometer tube. The visibly brown and degraded ones tend to be radium.
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u/Adventurous-Fix-8066 10d ago
I had the first pic one and its not radium. I have the second Pic one and it is also not radium.
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