[pure-silver] Re: phosphorescent paint

Unless you ingest it, Polonium is pretty safe. Alpha particles are stopped by nearly anything - even your skin. Like Steve mentioned, the half life 
is quite short. You have to buy a refill every year or so...


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On May 20, 2009, at 2:57 PM, Jean-David Beyer wrote:


BertS wrote:
I had one of those and it worked very well. You could actually hear the arc when the static got neutralized. After I read about the properties of PO I removed the radioactive strip, placed it in a film can (metal) and filled it with melted lead then took it to the garbage dump. I am not sure that was the proper thing to do but I doubt that the almost 8 ounces of lead I used (one real big fishing sinker) let much radiation through.
I was afraid to get a polonium strip brush, so I got a Zone VI electric brush that came with a 5,000 (or something like that) volt transformer and a needle that produced a corona in close proximity to the bristles of the 
brush. It works very well.
I do not remember what I paid for it, decades ago, but it went up in price 
so much that I would not buy one at today's prices.

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