To: Bob
Westerdale
Where is
the oxygen?
Dusan
Radosavljevic
-----Original Message-----
From:
owner-radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu [mailto:owner-radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu]On Behalf Of Bob Westerdale
Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2002
1:18 PM
To: radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu
Subject: Radioactive vinegar
bottle Analysis results
Hi-
If
you've been following the thread on the 1939 World's Fair vinegar bottle,
you might like to know the result of the X-Ray Fluorescence analysis I
have done..... The following results were taken on an EDAX
Eagle lll XRF spectrometer....
Element
% by weight
Na
1.13%
Al
8.55%
Si
79.29%
K
9.57%
Ca
0.83%
U
0.17%
The other half percent was
distributed among Sr, Ti, Fe,and S.
If I understand some of the other
comments on this topic, the Uranium content at about .17% may
qualify this piece for Regulatory Concern. The whole bottle weighs
19 oz, anyone care to speculate about whether I need to license
this
fine relic? And
what about the poor fellow ( not me!) who's still trying to sell his on ebay
for $24 ???? Does he need a distribution license?
There is no cap on my bottle, does that make it an unsealed source? Uh
Oh, there's a knock on the door!!!
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=713600431
Have a great day.
Bob Westerdale