Having looked at the standard green strontium aluminate glow in the dark pigment I decided to get some of the aqua coloured stuff to test. It is visually much dimmer than the green, but apparently glows for a much longer time.
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Love your work Clive.
They look so delicious omg
I've found that with strontium aliuminate, a lot of the time "less is more". The particles themselves are quite opaque and will cast shadows on each other. If they're occluding one another, they can't charge, nor would you see the glow from them. Having them at a lower density in suspension maximizes the amount of light they can receive and emit. Also, many epoxies and resins have UV inhibitors in them to prevent early breakdown in sunlight – so just be aware that your casting medium can greatly affect the efficiency and brightness of your glow!
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clive….MORE GLOW IN THE DARK!
This might sound like a silly question.. But… Can NVG's (Night Vision Goggles) see these or this glow in the dark strontium materials? I doubt that you have on hand any of the white or green NVG's systems, but even the I.R. reflection type NVG's, I wonder if even those lessor brands will see this glowing, or just another article in the room the the I.R. is bouncing off of?
I think the large one is a bit bigger than a pendant…
Maybe a glowing square 70's pimp medallion.
What about a 'joule thief' than runs an embedded UV LED to continually refresh the glowing powder?
Will these glow under a black light?
How long will they glow?
a Time Lapse would be cool to see the green dim, and the blues outlast. 👍
Hmm. Are you quite sure you got cheap strontium aluminate, or were you rippled off?
strontium droog
It's funny how an intense red light immediately discharges the glow in the dark pigments. You can actually make dark spots with a red laser, and i've seen this phenomenon being exploited to write profanities on "exit" and "fire extinguisher" signs.
i just got three of the packets of the stuff i ordered and i think it's the old tech stuff, but it gave me a brainwave, this pigment powder creates really cool ripples and shapes if you charge it and then shake it so… why not put it in an hourglass that has a bulb in one end or something like that.
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