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Under an Atomic bomb – Trinitite

Trinitite is the glassified or sintered sand below the Trinity blast in 1945

Trinitite is glassified soil from the Trinity site of the first atomic blast in 1945. 67 years later it is only mildly radioactive. The site is now covered and new samples are not able to be collected. Nevertheless it was only a few dollars on eBay for this 1.83 g sample. This sample is seen over the port of my pancake Geiger counter.
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Tritium

Tritium tubesTritium tubes have radioactive tritium gas and a phosphor which glows constantly. Tritium is hydrogen with two neutrons.  It is radioactive with a half life of 12.3 years.
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