This is my radioactivity display showcase. I needed a way to demonstrate these things in an interactive way without supervision.
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Amanda is HOT
She has just had radioactive iodine treatment for thyrotoxicosis from Graves Disease.
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Polonium 210
Polonium 210
A polonium 210 source in a needle is used for Alpha particle experiments such as cloud chambers. The activity is less than 0.1 uCurie and the half life is 138 days. I had better get on and do stuff before it goes away.
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Hot Pepper
Hot Pepper!
This is a vintage Fiesta salt/pepper shaker that known for the radioactive uranium containing glaze.
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Under an Atomic bomb – Trinitite
Trinitite is glassified soil from the Trinity site of the first atomic blast in 1945. 67 years later it is only mildly radioactive. The site is now covered and new samples are not able to be collected. Nevertheless it was only a few dollars on eBay for this 1.83 g sample. This sample is seen over the port of my pancake Geiger counter.
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Tritium
Tritium tubes have radioactive tritium gas and a phosphor which glows constantly. Tritium is hydrogen with two neutrons. It is radioactive with a half life of 12.3 years.
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