Re: Radium Flux

Private:

Franz Schoenhofer

Habicherg. 31/7

A-1160 Vienna, AUSTRIA

Phone: -43 699 11681319

e-mail: franz.schoenhofer@chello.at

Office:

MR Dr. Franz Schoenhofer

Federal Ministry for Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management

Dep. I/8U, Radiation Protection

Radetzkystr. 2

A-1031 Vienna, AUSTRIA

phone: +43-1-71100-4458

fax: +43-1-7122331

e-mail: franz.schoenhofer@bmu.gv.at

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Von: Jim Talty <jtalty@cc.usu.edu>

An: radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu <radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu>

Datum: Freitag, 25. Jänner 2002 23:18

Betreff: Radium Flux

>Greetings,

>The other day we came upon two bottles of a fine white powder labeled

Radium

>Flux. The date on the bottles is 1964. The researcher form whose lab the

>bottles were recovered is believed to done studies on wildlife and aquatic

>environments. I am aware of Radium F (Po-210) but have never heard of it

>referred to as Radium Flux. A search of reference books, internet, and

>radsafe archives failed to help me identify the chemical. The substance is

>not radioactive. The HWM believes the material is decayed out Po-210,

>essentially lead. I have a hard time believing this. Anyone have any ideas.

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Jim,

Po-210 is very unlikely - as others have already mentioned on RADSAFE. Could

it be ZnS- powder, which was used in formulations containing radium to

produce scintillations and luminous dials?

Just a guess - nothing more.

Franz

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