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[โ€“] piecat@lemmy.world 13 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Not quite,

Radioactive substances don't actually glow visibly themselves...

Uranium glass fluoresces under UV, and tritium vials and radium paint contain phosphers that convert radiation to visible light.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phosphorescence https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluorescence

[โ€“] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Well all I know is I could see my keychain glow in the dark and it claimed to be uranium.