![]() However, this build is so simple, and the concept so readily and necessarily adaptable to your individual parts, that I believe it will not suffer from a lack of step by step images. Normally that would disqualify a project for me as an option for an Instructable. You will notice that all of the pictures are taken after the fact. I do not have pictures of the process as I put it together. This, is our Uranium Lamp!įull Disclosure: I already built this. Instead of the LEDs lighting up the room, the light from the LEDs will strike uranium atoms within the glass and cause those atoms to emit light of a completely different wavelength. In this Instructable, we will be constructing a lamp that takes advantage of the fluorescent properties of uranium to light a room indirectly. Knowing the difference is not necessary for this Instructable, but it is worth learning, if for no other reason than correcting people at parties. I will say "glow," because it is easier to type, but really what we are demonstrating here is fluorescence. I like things with gears and pulleys, and electronic doodads, and fire, and flashing lights. It fascinated me, and I had to have some. I ran across uranium glass somewhere along the lines of my travels. Then I noticed an indoor lighting contest and I knew the planets had aligned. But recently I built something that made me want to come out of retirement. It's been quite a while since I've last created an Instructable. ![]()
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