Alpha, Beta, or Gamma

[crwtom 0]

Which one is your favorite

interesting quote from the page:


In comparison, Amercium-241 is a similar toxic Alpha radiation emitter.
Instead of a half life of 138 days like Polonium-210 has, it has a half life of over 450 years.
It is far more toxic - and there is
10 times more than the 'exempt quantity' amount in every smoke detector in your home.



Cheers, T

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[SpeedRacer 1]

I have used beta emitters such as H3, C14, & P32 in my lab.

Used Cr51 once too (a gamma emitter)

I wouldn't worry about your smoke detector though. The effective range of alpha radiation is very small.

Speed Racer
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[billvon 3,116]

Alpha of course! Alpha particles are cool and easily shielded against. A correctly-created alpha emitter should generate a significant amount of thrust; would make a pretty good rocket.

[quack 0]

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I have used beta emitters such as H3, C14, & P32 in my lab.

Used Cr51 once too (a gamma emitter)

I wouldn't worry about your smoke detector though. The effective range of alpha radiation is very small.

Plus alpha particles don't usually penetrate the skin. You'd have to eat the smoke detector to cause problems.

But you have to understand, mental illness is like cholesterol. There is the good kind and the bad. Without the good kind- less flavor to life. - Serge A. Storms

[rs2kmk5 0]

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You'd have to eat the smoke detector to cause problems.

Let me know what it tastes like, as I have got to go buy a battery for mine, perhaps if I ate it I wont have to

Out of 10,000 feet of fall, always remember that the last half inch hurts the most — Captain Charles W. Purcell, 1932

[rehmwa 2]

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I have used beta emitters such as H3, C14, & P32 in my lab.

Used Cr51 once too (a gamma emitter)

I wouldn't worry about your smoke detector though. The effective range of alpha radiation is very small.

Plus alpha particles don't usually penetrate the skin. You'd have to eat the smoke detector to cause problems.

or inhale

inhalation is the worst type of radiation exposure

luckily, alphas will normally get coughed up

then when you swallow it, it only become ingested radiation - not as bad

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[Skyrad 0]

Actually hate to be an 'outsider' but I prefer X Rays

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