Product Description
Trinitite (Atomic Bomb Glass), Trinity Site, New Mexico, July 16, 1945 - 1.4 Grams.
Product Details:
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Price: $\$30.00$
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Weight: 1.4 Grams
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Specimen Size: 19x20x6mm
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Case Size: 41x41x16mm
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Locality: Trinity Site, Jornada del Muerto desert, Alamogordo, New Mexico, USA
Description:
This specimen is a piece of Trinitite (also known as Alamogordo glass or Atomic Age glass) presented in a display case.
Scientific Background:
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Formation: Trinitite is a glass-like material formed during the first atomic bomb test, "Trinity," on July 16, 1945. The intense heat from the plutonium bomb detonation vaporized and fused the desert sand, resulting in a greenish glass with a translucent or semi-transparent texture, primarily composed of fused silica.
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Radioactivity: It is weakly radioactive. While most short-lived isotopes have decayed, it still shows an activity of two or more times normal background radiation (primarily due to the presence of Cs-137) when measured with sensitive equipment like a pancake tube detector.
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