Green Kryptonite Radiation (Singerverse)

**Green Kryptonite Radiation** is The Green-Ore Form of An Radioactive Element from Superman's Home Planet of The Planet Krypton. When Fully Exposed to Regular Green Kryptonite on The Planet Earth, The Regular Kryptonians will Lose Their Powers.

## Substance Physical Characteristics

### The Inner Zone

The Lighter Green:  **.**

**Green Kryptonite** is the most common form of Kryptonite known to exist. It generates radiations which have profound effects on Kryptonians and others.

Its radiation can be shielded by Lead.

Its actually blue on the outside but there is a yellow light on the inside when light hits it it glows there for it makes green.

## Info

**Kryptonite** is a fictional substance from the Superman comic book series (and subsequent related media). The material, usually shown as having been created from the irradiated remains of Superman's native planet of Krypton, generally has detrimental effects on Superman and any other Kryptonian exposed to it. The name "kryptonite" covers a variety of forms of the substance, but usually refers to the most common "green" form.

Kryptonite was produced from the material of Krypton, when it was destroyed in an explosion. It is usually found in the form of a glowing green rock or metal, but crystalline forms have also made appearances

## History

### *Superman Returns*

Lex Luthor enters the Metropolis Museum of Natural History and steals the Addis Ababa L9 Pallasite Meteorite, which was discovered at the Kebe Mine in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. It is described in the exhibit display as "sodium lithium boron silicate hydroxide with fluorine". According to the exhibit display, the meteorite was discovered in 1978 - the year that Superman: The Movie was released.

Incidentally, in 2007, a white and harmless mineral with the above chemical formula (except without fluorine) was discovered by Rio Tinto Group researchers in a mine in Serbia.

Lex uses the meteorite in his quest to create a new kryptonite landmass. In addition, he uses a shard leftover from processing it to create a kryptonite shiv, which he uses to stab Superman.

## Effect on Kryptonians

When in proximity to Green Kryptonite, Kryptonians have displayed loss of their superpowers; weakness; nausea; pain; their veins pop out and look dark, and their skin also begins to turn slightly green after long exposure. Prolongued exposure to Green Kryptonite is fatal to Kryptonians. With long term exposure can lead to death of any Kryptonian. However, kryptonite radiation poisoning for Kryptonians is not cumulative; if a Kryptonian can be removed from such a radiation source, they will completely recover without lasting effect. That means they can survive multiple exposures without developing serious medical problems as a result of the accumulative effect of those exposures.

## Green Kryptonite Form

The most common form of Kryptonite. In superpowered Kryptonians, causes immediate physical pain and debilitation, reduces their powers, and kills within hours.

In *Superman Returns*, Green Kryptonite is shown as effectively removing Superman's powers during the time he is exposed; in *Returns*, Superman is brutally beaten by Lex Luthor's henchmen and stabbed with a Kryptonite shard by Luthor. In most versions of the comics continuity, Superman retains his powers (and invulnerability to conventional weapons) while exposed to Green Kryptonite, although dramatically weakened and in severe pain. This avoids the logical shortcut which would result if a villain could, for instance, simply expose Superman to Kryptonite and then shoot him with a gun.

## Films

In *Superman Returns*, an additional piece of kryptonite is found in a rock fragment, once more in Addis Ababa. Lex Luthor steals it from a Metropolis museum and uses it in his quest to create a new kryptonite landmass, much like how young Clark created the Fortress of Solitude. In addition, he uses a shard leftover from processing it to create a kryptonite shiv, which he uses to stab Superman with at one point.

## Movies

* In *Superman Returns* (2006) Lex Luthor (Kevin Spacey) steals the Addis Ababa L9 Pallasite meteorite and uses kryptonite to create a new Kryptonian landmass and a shard for use against Superman. The film describes kryptonite's formula as "sodium lithium boron silicate hydroxide with fluorine". A year after the film was released, a substance with a similar formula was discovered, jadarite, a coincidence which led to media attention. The new mineral, unlike the fictional material in the movie, does not contain fluorine and does not have a green glow, an effect normally associated with nuclear radiation in both real life and popular culture.

## The science behind kryptonite

Some issues of *Superman* have indicated the mechanism by which green kryptonite may hurt Superman. Like Hanna-Barbera's Birdman, Superman in some ways is a living solar battery; his cells absorb electromagnetic radiation from stars (like Earth's sun). Kryptonite's radioactivity possibly interferes with this process, driving the energy out of his cells in a painful fashion. Long term and high-level exposure to green kryptonite can be fatal to Superman. In post-Crisis comics, long-term exposure to kryptonite is known to have the same effects on human beings as exposure to Earth-born radioactive materials; these effects include cancer. Lex Luthor discovered this inadvertently after acquiring a ring with a green kryptonite fragment set in it to provide protection against Superman—Luthor first lost the hand he wore the ring on to cancer and later had to have his brain transferred into a new, cloned body after the cancer was found to have spread throughout his original body.

In *Superman Returns*, an additional piece of kryptonite is found in a rock fragment, once more in Addis Ababa. Lex Luthor steals it from a Metropolis museum and uses it in his quest to create a new kryptonite landmass. During the extraction process, the rock appears to hold a significant amount of green kryptonite. The scientific name for the rock was displayed on its case, 'Sodium lithium boron silicate hydroxide with fluorine'. As borosilicate glass is commonly crystalline and green-tinted, this could be a plausible human mis-identification of kryptonite; alternately, as no 'unknown' component is listed, one might assume this (sodium/lithium/borosilicate/fluorine) blend to be the actual composition of green kryptonite. Though more likely, the researchers who performed the analysis of the fragment did not perform a core sample test. They may have only chipped off the outer layer in order to test it.

## Appearances

* Singerverse (1 film)
	+ *Superman Returns* - (First appearance)

## Gallery

### *Superman Returns*

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