Opss! sorry, I got confused with te Kidde smoke alarm.

----- Original Message -----
From: M K <ka2mce@...>
To: CDV700CLUB@yahoogroups.com
Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2012 21:34:39 -0500
Subject: Re: [CDV700CLUB] Kindle Fire

> A Kindle Fire is a E-Book reader/tablet computer, not a smoke detector.
>
> On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 7:57 PM, Leandro Marzano <induktor80@...>wrote:
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> > Hi Dan, smoke detectors uses Americium 241, it emits low energy gammas
> > rays, and high energy alpha particles. The alpha particles are completly
> > stopped by the ionization chamber shielding, but the gamma rays, depending
> > on the mounting of the source, find they way out of the detector. That´s
> > what you are detecting with your geiger counter, some of the low energy
> > gammas. When you put the shield on, probably block most of those gammas,
> > getting a normal background reading again. There is no beta decay in the
> > Am241.
> > Hope this helps!
> > Leo
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "dannypaul02" <dahur1@...>
> > To: CDV700CLUB@yahoogroups.com
> > Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2012 06:27:08 -0000
> > Subject: [CDV700CLUB] Kindle Fire
> >
> > > Fairly new to Geiger Counters, and I have a question.
> > > I took some BG readings with my Inspector Alert tonight. 10 minute count
> > was 44.  Just out of curiosity I laid it on top of my Kindle Fire, and it
> > went up to 124(highest) but 10 minute count was 110.  This was with the
> > beta shield off.  I put the shield on, and the count went back down to
> > nearly BG.  I get no response from my 64" HDTV, but the Fire gives off
> > apparently some alpha and or beta. Does anyone have a Kindle Fire to
> > duplicate this?  Just curious.....
> > > Dan
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