Uranium Doped Marbles

I have 2 1 and 3 1 2 uranium marbles you have what looks like a nuke jar or uranium 238 oxide doped marbles.

Uranium doped marbles.

Uranium oxide or vaseline glass marbles. These marbles consist of 3 238 u by weight i e 3 w o in silica glass sio 2. The physical density of the uranium doped glass marbles is 2 7 g cm 3. The value of your.

Specialized collectors still define vaseline glass as transparent or semi transparent uranium. 200 for ten 1 2 marbles placed on top of kit sources. What is the atom density of the 238 u in the marbles. Ebay your great grandmother s china cabinet cost.

Today vaseline glass is only made from depleted uranium but older pieces of decorative glassware from the late 19th and early 20th centuries might be quite a bit hotter. Glenn langton 2 705 views. They definitely respond to the uv flashlight like mine do. Radioactive uranium doped glass marbles approximately 1 diameter.

As the uranium dissolves into the red hot glass it takes on the tell tale pale green color of uranium glass. This small amount of uranium is added to the glass while it s still in the furnace and in a molten state. The marbles contain approximately 3 uranium 238 by weight. How to grow potatoes in a 5 gallon bucket part 1 of 2 duration.

United nuclear sells radioactive uranium doped glass marbles to the public at two one inch marbles for 15. I have to guess that you are talking about vaseline glass which is a yellowish greenish color created by adding a small amount of depleted uranium oxide to the glass batch. Free shipping on many items browse your favorite brands affordable prices. Uranium glass is commonly found in depression era glassware the glass to metal seals in some old vacuum tubes and most commonly in the form of green glass marbles on ebay.

The most typical color of uranium glass is pale yellowish green which in the 1930s led to the nickname vaseline glass based on a perceived resemblance to the appearance which was a yellow green color of vaseline brand petroleum jelly as formulated and commercially sold at that time.