viven44 Posted February 28 Author Share Posted February 28 When my dad worked for AMF Atomics, making the me the rtgs for satellites they used to have to inspect the housings for hydrogen imbrittlement. Did you know that if you were irradiate a diamond, it will change colors from Yellow to Blue to Pink???? Interesting. Never studied Diamonds, except that they are high on the Mohs scale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArdWrknTrk Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 Interesting. Never studied Diamonds, except that they are high on the Mohs scale. Good for cutting wafers. But more valuable because of marketing and some perceived rarity. Guess what used to come in these boxes??? 🙃 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viven44 Posted February 28 Author Share Posted February 28 Good for cutting wafers. But more valuable because of marketing and some perceived rarity. Guess what used to come in these boxes??? 🙃 Something with a vicious MSDS ?? By the way, I might buy something like this. Should be good enough to see grains on steel https://a.co/d/ehlK1y9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArdWrknTrk Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 Something with a vicious MSDS ?? By the way, I might buy something like this. Should be good enough to see grains on steel https://a.co/d/ehlK1y9 I have a Nikon stereo dissecting microscope "somewhere"... It's from before filmless photography was a thing, so it lacks any kind of video output, but the optics are good 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viven44 Posted February 28 Author Share Posted February 28 I have a Nikon stereo dissecting microscope "somewhere"... It's from before filmless photography was a thing, so it lacks any kind of video output, but the optics are good 👍 I'll keep an eye on eBay / Marketplace one of those oldie-but-goddie is bound to show up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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