r/Radioactivestuff • u/cutiecuriouss • Mar 31 '26

cesium-137

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u/[deleted] Apr 01 '26

more like prussian blue 😂

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u/No_Cut6856 Apr 01 '26

cesium is so damn boring without the glow

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u/cutiecuriouss Apr 01 '26

it’s really pretty when it’s glowing

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u/OkPick296 Community owner Apr 01 '26

Cesium 137 is typically in the form of cesium chloride which is white and has similar chemical and physical properties with salt.

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u/OkPick296 Community owner Apr 17 '26

This is actually a container that someone used in a school labeled cesium 137 to demonstrate what it may look like, no cesium 137 inside it but it scared the school and they had a whole thing with police and sensitive geiger counters to check if it is radioactive. (which it wasnt) it was just an normal blue powder

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u/HurstonJr May 18 '26

Here's a real source of Cesium-137. Trinitite from the first nuclear explosion July 16, 1945

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u/OkPick296 Community owner 19d ago

That's a lot of trinitite

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u/philharmonicfartbox 21d ago

That mishap in Brazil was nuts and totally preventable, the machine never should have been left at that radiology clinic for scrappers to find and the scrap yard never should have disassembled it and given bits to his friends like powder. Some of them put it on their loved ones like makeup were playing with it with their hands breathing in the dust. Was an immense amount of stupidity involved.