The Activation Analysis of the Pinbadge Paint That Is Doubted as a Radioactive Material.

Some toy badges that we obtained emitted fluorescence strongly, when there were irradiated by an ultra violet lamp in a darkroom. They were left on X ray negative films for several hours and one of them blackened films. Owing to these facts, we doubted if it is a radioactive material. In order to search if it is a radioactive material or not, a portion of the badge paint was examined by a liquid scintillation analyzer and an ammeter which is connected to a photo diode. Consequently, the badge paint was not identified a radioactive material. Then, to find the reason why some badges emitted under an ultra violet lamp and one badge paint blackened X ray negative films, neutron activation analysis was applied to the badge paint sample. As a result, we finally found that the badge paint was made of phosphorescent phosphor because it contains aluminum.