Re: Source for Uranium Nitrate
Mark,
Gonna be really hard to get. It now needs to be shipped as a radioactive
substance in approved lead lined containers and all of that crap. I am
not even sure if can go on airplanes. We quit shipping it several years
ago. Cole Parmer used to carry it but they quit when the shipping went
sky-high.
http://www.coleparmer.com/catalog/product_view.asp?sku=00043XC
You can see they discontinued it as well.
I think it is all a big bunch of hooey. It is in fact slightly
radioactive but only slightly. All the good bomb making stuff has
already been taken out, and that makes logical sense. I have my own
special horde of it, about 300 gms left that we can't sell, and I once
showed the bottle to some students visiting and their professor freaked
and virtually ran out of the room. Like most airport security, it's all
show.
--Dick Sullivan
Mark Booth wrote:
I am seeking a good source for purchasing Uranium Nitrate for creating
a Uranium toner solution. So far I have had trouble finding a
source. PF doesn't carry this item and I would suspect that hazardous
considerations may be a factor or scarcity.
Specific Application: Perhaps there is an alternative toner with
similar effects (realizing that considerable differences exist with
formulas and applications). My initial use would be with
silver-gelatin and then moving to eventual non-silver application. It
is said by Robert Schramm, in his excellent but short article
regarding Uranium Toning www.unblinkingeye.com
<http://unblinkingeye.com/Articles/Uranium/uranium.html> to produce
red-brown tones on silver prints and blue, green and red tones on
platinum prints. If one reads the article, figure #1 image presents
a similar effect that I would like to replicate, as much as possible,
/girl aside!/ I would be inclined to use Bergger VC NB paper or
Silver Supreme paper for a given motive that I have photographed.
Then figure #2 toning would be of future interest in other
applications. (effects are considerably different on platinum vs.
silver as can be seen)
Anyone's recommendations or suggestions would be greatly appreciated
to this (less experienced) practitioner. I imagine that Tim Rudman's
book, /The Photographer's Toning Book/, would be a good source to
review as well!
Thanks in advance,
Mark Booth
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