Where can we find Radium chloride or Radium source ?

[Tito L. Oracion]

Hi everyone good day !

i'm currently in need of a chemical named RADIUM OR RADIUM CHLORIDE is there anyone there know how to find it?

or like for example if i go to hardware store, what material that has a radium chemical?

or where can we get a source for it?

please help me  i need it badly!


thank you in advance God bless

otits

[Goat]

Hi Otits

I'm not an expert on this matter but the name brought back a memory of seeing described somewhere and it was from it's use in the old clocks or watches that were self luminous, I guess it depends on how much quantity you're looking for but you could scratch it off old clocks.  I also remember religious statues made of plastic in the 1960's that used to glow in the dark which had this in them.

I confirmed this by looking it up at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radium

Hope that helps.

Edit:  Disregard the luminous statues statement above as they probably used something else.  Also, the luminous dials of clocks containing the Radium were discontinued "Radium was still used in dials as late as the 1950s." so you'd have to get some really old antique ones to be sure.

The Radium material is dangerous which is why it isn't used anymore so please use caution.

Regards,
Paul

[Paul-R]

I think that certain smoke alarms contain something radioactive which may or may not be useful.
It may be Americium-241. Does that get you anywhere?

[Tito L. Oracion]

@ Paul and Paul R


Thank you very much for the info

i read this one why i become interested in radium, i have a suspect that sm made use of it.


God Bless
otits

[IotaYodi]

It requires a license. In order to get the license you have to put up a bond or show financial means to properly dispose of it. A local college might let you perform an experiment but I doubt it.