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Re: Gruen Mens ID [message #16849 is a reply to message #16847] Fri, 01 July 2022 20:39 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
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sleepyastronaut wrote on Fri, 01 July 2022 11:28
I know this test to work for tritium-based lume, but have read it isn't applicable to radium. It does work to detect my cotton undershirts. Wink
On your cotton t-shirt, it is detecting the optical brightener that was used in the detergent. UV works on my WWI watches. Zinc Sulfide, which is the phosphor in the radium luminescent material is itself UV reactive.



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