Re: FiestaWare

[DOUG TURNER <turners@earthlink.net>]

Fiestaware contains uranium in the glaze to impart the characteristic orange
color.  Claw foot bathtubs glazed in Mexico were alledgely very close to the
dose rate of a uranium metal slab ( 200 mrad/h beta and 7 mr/h gamma). 
Doug Turner  turners@earthlink.net

 At 11:14 AM 6/6/96 -0500, you wrote:
>What is the primary radionuclide in FiestaWare? 
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>One of our scientists called and wanted to know.  
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>He has some of the dark orange pieces and found 0.05 - 0.1 mr/hr (~7500 cpm)
>using a geiger counter in his lab.
>
>He was concerned about the long-term "exposure" to him and his family.
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