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>On Mon, 27 Feb 1995, Stephen W. Krueger wrote:
>
>> We have been doing a comprehensive inventory at our high school, and
>> found a jar labeled "Thorium nitrate".  It is radioactive as we have
>> tested it with the gieger counter.  However, it isn't labeled as to
>> which isotope it is.  It appears to be old, say 50's vintage.  If anyone
>> has any information about this substance, it would be appreciated.
>> We would like to dispose of it properly.
>>
>
>Is there a college or university nearby with a scintillation spectrometer?
>They could use it to show you what isotopes are there, and might even be
>willing to take the sample off your hands (if you are concerned about it).
>
>        -- Donald


We found some of the same stuff, again, by geiger counter. We encased ours
in lead shot until it was relatively shielded.
Hope that helps.
aloha
Bill
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Bill Wiecking
Honolulu Hawaii
Bill@ahi.pbrc.hawaii.edu
Pacific Biomedical Research Center
Bekesy Lab of Neurobiology
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