Experiments

After some time, I am once again adding a new post. This time, we will focus on an Art Nouveau-style cameo, a substantial part of which is made of uranium glass. As I mentioned in a previous post (link), the history of uranium glass production dates back to the first half of the nineteenth century. To be entirely accurate, however, the oldest

The subject of today's post is the gamma spectrum of uranium glass, which I happened to come across. Probably everyone involved in gamma spectrometry has had the chance to measure uranium containing glassware or "Fiestaware" - a fascinating, or maybe insane, piece of history, when kitchen glass or porcelain was colored with uranium