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29683
I've been thinking about checking out a fireworks tent for barium that supposidly gives off the green colors in the display. We have tents set up everywhere,...
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Jul 2, 2009
8:40 pm
29684
Barium nitrate is used to produce a green color. I have some, but I don't think it's hot. Can try to remember to check it later on. Will be constructing...
Nick Andrews
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Jul 2, 2009
9:10 pm
29685
Thanks Nick, That will save me trying to explain to the salesmen under the tents what I'm looking for. I know that Barium 137 has only minutes because it is...
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Jul 2, 2009
9:18 pm
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Fireworks would be using naturally occurring barium, which is not radioactive. ... -- ... Chris Smolinski Black Cat Systems http://www.blackcatsystems.com...
Chris Smolinski
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Jul 2, 2009
9:33 pm
29687
Hi Bob,   Naturally-occurring barium used to color fireworks is comprised of stable isotopes, of which there are several...Ba-130 at 0.101%, Ba-132 at 0.097%,...
Ken Sejkora
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Jul 2, 2009
9:50 pm
29688
I echo Kens thoughts, and comments. I wish what he said to all our friends on the net and those who visit. Have a safe and fun 4th. Bob ... From: Ken...
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Jul 2, 2009
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29689
AGREEMENT STATE REPORT - STOLEN TROXLER GAUGE "The licensee reported a M/D [moisture density] gauge was stolen from the residence of a Krazan and Associates...
DH
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Jul 2, 2009
10:00 pm
29690
Here is one of the scams pulled on me. It's the very same person. Bob ... From: robertdruecker@...<mailto:robertdruecker@...> To:...
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Jul 2, 2009
10:08 pm
29691
Barium nitrate is also a component of Baratol, a slow dense brisant explosive used in the first generation of implosion-device explosive lenses. Being...
DH
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Jul 2, 2009
10:08 pm
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That's me alright. ... From: DH<mailto:revtkatt@...> To: CDV700CLUB@yahoogroups.com<mailto:CDV700CLUB@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Thursday, July 02, 2009 5:07...
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Jul 2, 2009
10:14 pm
29693
I've just started craigs list for my area. I've sold 1 item, and had 5 hits trying to scam me, out of my items. So far I've been able to recognize a scam and I...
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Jul 2, 2009
10:27 pm
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Any nattempt at a nation wide add will get you banned. Any attempt to expose a scammer will also get you banned. Been there done that. I had to climb one...
Tracy Albert
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Jul 3, 2009
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Tracy, I guess I'll get banned then, because I reported it to craigs list,( abuses). Oh well, that’s the way the cookie crumbles. I hate scammers, and...
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Jul 3, 2009
3:04 am
29696
... This one was in the local paper along with a picture of a similar unit. I'm in Bakersfield. Nobody seems panicked or anything. -- David Griffith ...
David Griffith
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Jul 3, 2009
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29697
Doug, Yesterday I was browsing a great electronics shop in Houston called "Ace Electronics". It has tons of electronic components in racks and shelves that...
m1i8k3e6
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Jul 3, 2009
2:24 pm
29698
Well folks, I did it. I stopped over at a fireworks stand, and the guy let me check his entire inventory. Nothing was hot. I especially looked for the ones...
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Jul 3, 2009
2:53 pm
29699
Not exactly CDV700 related but to do a nationwide search for something on Craig'sList go to Google and paste this into the entry box: troxler...
Bob Hughes
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Jul 3, 2009
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29700
... And lets not forget those who have served! Patrick Hill, CWO4 ENG USCG Ret...
Patrick Hill
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Jul 3, 2009
4:44 pm
29701
... I'd use ammonia instead of lye. Also use a coffee filter + soda bottle (slice off top, use as funnel) to filter liquids or separate solids....
DH
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Jul 3, 2009
6:08 pm
29702
I'll use ammonia with the next run. The LYE is a bit more hostile, and I'm very delicate, and fragile, and injure easily. I've got the filters, and sodi pop...
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Jul 3, 2009
6:20 pm
29703
My next move was to put granulated caustic soda, (LYE Drano) It turned the yellowbrownish liquid black and fuming violently. After it quit fuming, from the...
Tom Herman
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Jul 4, 2009
2:37 pm
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Tom, I think your right about creating a U Sodium compound. It goes from liquid into a solid when I use the Drano, so the drano is not dissolving into a...
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Jul 4, 2009
2:53 pm
29705
... Curious as to where the activity went? Is it somehow being shielded within the dust? Or worse yet, during the process did most of the U compounds evaporate...
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Jul 4, 2009
3:11 pm
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Tom, I think your right about creating a U Sodium compound. It goes from liquid into a solid when I use the Drano, so the drano is not dissolving into a...
Tom Herman
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Jul 4, 2009
3:14 pm
29707
Ron, I have no idea where it goes, the bag of dust was pretty high, but the end result is only about 175 c/m on the scaler. I'm wondering also if the cutting...
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Jul 4, 2009
4:04 pm
29708
On page 65 of the Literary Digest, Nov 13, 1920, there is a recommended list of uses for radium paint. The list came from The Radium Luminous Material Corp in...
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Jul 4, 2009
6:10 pm
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I want a radium poison label. :-) Matt ... From: robertdruecker@... To: cdv700 club <cdv700club@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Sat, Jul 4, 2009 2:10 pm Subject:...
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Jul 4, 2009
11:03 pm
29710
I'm going to start checking out the antiques shops more closely now. I had a first today. I was showing my neighbor my geiger counter and my samples of...
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Jul 4, 2009
11:36 pm
29711
As for me, I really like the deck markers, and especially the so called "bridge marker" with the screw back. I recently obtained two in an original Radium Corp...
Steve Schoner
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Jul 5, 2009
4:12 am
29712
Take a look at http://www.orau.org/ptp/collection/radioluminescent/radioluminescent.htm http://www.orau.org/ptp/collection/consumer%20products/consumer.htm etc...
DH
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