Gallery of log for It's Elementary
Sr - Strontium
I reckon we've been carrying around the scrap of paper listing the available elements for this cache for at least three years.
And today sitting in Armidale Bunnings carpark I remembered it. Dug out the well worn paper and noticed the Ford Ranger that just pulled into the park in front of us was atomic number 38, Strontium. 
And quite frankly, we knew nothing about Strontium so here's a few things we learnt. Strontium in it's natural state is not hazardous to health but the synthetic version is radioactive and one of the most dangerous components of nuclear fallout. And on a more domestic level, at the time of using television cathode ray tubes Strontium was used for the faceplate glass. With the replacement of the cathode ray tubes with other display methods, consumption has been dramatically reduced.
TFTC 2y'stassies
I reckon we've been carrying around the scrap of paper listing the available elements for this cache for at least three years.
And today sitting in Armidale Bunnings carpark I remembered it. Dug out the well worn paper and noticed the Ford Ranger that just pulled into the park in front of us was atomic number 38, Strontium. And quite frankly, we knew nothing about Strontium so here's a few things we learnt. Strontium in it's natural state is not hazardous to health but the synthetic version is radioactive and one of the most dangerous components of nuclear fallout. And on a more domestic level, at the time of using television cathode ray tubes Strontium was used for the faceplate glass. With the replacement of the cathode ray tubes with other display methods, consumption has been dramatically reduced. TFTC 2y'stassies
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