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Old 12th Jan 2023, 5:49 pm   #22
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Default Re: How safe are our collections?

Interesting to read the wiki on Radium dials. A 1960s Westclox Big Ben was very impressive in the dark.

I had no idea that one that no longer works is probably still as radioactive as when first made. Zinc sulphide produced the light and that is what degrades not the radium.
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