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Just a little something in storage that keeps some agencies up at night. Some effects tweakage was applied but otherwise unaltered. I wonder what real film would do near these things.
Fuck, I need to do some actual art some day. =P
Category Photography / Miscellaneous
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I rather wish I had a cheap radiation detector to see. The old film badge method is one I'm considering to see just how well shielded these buggers are.
Oh, and they are old fire detectors and contain americium 241. They still use the same material and method in the modern ones in homes, only they use about 1/80th as much of the radiological material as these old bastards did. ^^
Oh, and they are old fire detectors and contain americium 241. They still use the same material and method in the modern ones in homes, only they use about 1/80th as much of the radiological material as these old bastards did. ^^
Well, fire detectors *don't* need to have radioactive material in them but it is one of the best and most cost effective ways to make one I believe. One type uses americium like these, and another looks at how well light passes through the air. The radioactive detectors apparently work better than the other.
So apparently, alpha particles given off by the americium ionize oxygen and nitrogen molecules which are present in indoor air in a a certain range. These positively charged particles allow a certain voltage level to pass between contacts in the detector as long as the rate of ionization is maintained at a certain "normal" level. Smoke particles displace and reduce the ions produced causing a detectable voltage drop in the detection chamber and triggers the alarm when you forget to take your pizza out of the oven or put your popcorn in too long. ^^
And no, I didn't just know that. I looked it up cause you made me curious about it. =D
So, apparently, a post-nuclear holocaust zombie could be employed as a smoke detector if properly configured. x3
So apparently, alpha particles given off by the americium ionize oxygen and nitrogen molecules which are present in indoor air in a a certain range. These positively charged particles allow a certain voltage level to pass between contacts in the detector as long as the rate of ionization is maintained at a certain "normal" level. Smoke particles displace and reduce the ions produced causing a detectable voltage drop in the detection chamber and triggers the alarm when you forget to take your pizza out of the oven or put your popcorn in too long. ^^
And no, I didn't just know that. I looked it up cause you made me curious about it. =D
So, apparently, a post-nuclear holocaust zombie could be employed as a smoke detector if properly configured. x3
I think Wolfie mentioned that process before, but I didn't quite see how it worked. It seems like a roundabout method just to detect smoke... but what do I know. Suppose they had to find *some* use for the stuff. Superman can only throw so many tons of our radioactive waste at the sun every day, so we had to get creative with using it.
Oh yeah! Wolfie would know about that. =)
You're sorta right about them finding *some* use as it is a by-product of plutonium production. =0
Here's what I really need for those things: http://zachariahperry.com/2012/10/2.....shed-pictures/
You're sorta right about them finding *some* use as it is a by-product of plutonium production. =0
Here's what I really need for those things: http://zachariahperry.com/2012/10/2.....shed-pictures/
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