Re: List of materials containing naturally occurring nuclides

[John Bullock <bullockj@post.queensu.ca>]

Most name brands (eg Coleman do not). But 3rd party certainly do (I
purchased one about 6 months ago for a demonstration).



At 01:36 PM 2000-04-10 -0500, you wrote:
>Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't believe that the lantern
>mantles manufactured today contain thorium in them.  The Reactor Sharing
>Program at UMass Lowell has several packets of these mantles in their
>"demo" kit, and thorium is actually listed on the package contents of the
>older mantles, whereas the newer packages don't list this "ingredient".  
>
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John Bullock
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Queen's University
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