Thanks, Bob. Actually, my first comments were tongue-in-cheek, but after
thinking about, I kind of like the idea of a radioactive artwork. It's kind
of a conceptual thing. The notion of all those neutrons constantly leaving
it sort of makes the work alive. Maybe I can spin a marketing scheme around
this...
-----Original Message-----
From: Robert W. Schramm [mailto:schrammrus@hotmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2003 10:09 AM
To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
Subject: Uranium toning and printing
For Keith Gerling et al,
The amount of uranium in a uranium print is so small that you would need an
extremely sensitive scintillation counter to detect the radiation it
produces. Any effect on gum would require a long time to be detected.
Probably many decades and then what would the effect be? I can only guess
but I suspect that most of the radiation would simply pass through the gum
without being absorbed since gum is not very dense and the layer is thin.
Unless the radiation is absorbed in the gum layer there would be no effect.
This is not something you should worry about in my opinion.
If you go to www.unblinkingeye.com you can see an article I wrote about
uranium toning and uranium prints (uranotypes) which includes some formulas
as welll as some of my uraniun-toned silver prints and uranotypes.
The only problem you might encounter is buying uranium nitrate. I have seen
it being sold on eBay.
Also a warning. Uranium Nitrate is easily absorbed through the skin and is
very toxic. Wear nitrile (not latex) gloves when you handle it or work with
solutions containing it. I would suggest goggles as well.
If you have any questions I will be happy to try and answer them.
Bob Schramm
Check out my web page at:
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Received on Tue Nov 18 16:24:40 2003
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