See if your state is governed by the NRC (called non-agreement states) or by state authorities(agreement states- the state agrees to control the radiation...
Info per a client: Municipal water well drilling in Florida has changed in the last decades. Once a well would only need to be a few hundred feet deep. Now...
The pancake itself is shielded with 1/2" tungsten. Home made lead shield holds sample in cup, has copper liner.Very low background permits small activity...
Most Home Lab operators want a clean, radiation free or radiation reduced environment in which to conduct experiments on natural and man made materials. The...
My private collection has about a dozen isotopes in it and can allow for more experiments than I will ever dream up. A basic set would include; Cs-137 Co-60 ...
SF, Spontaneous Fission is a form of radioactive decay that is possible in very heavy atoms. Theoretically it can happen in all atoms above A=100, but in...
mR/H is a unit of measurement that only applies to Gamma Rays and X-Rays. CPM is a dimensionless unit that is self correcting, but means something only as long...
http://www.qsl.net/k0ff/Radioactive%20Mt.%20Rushmore/Mt.%20Rushmore%20Core%20Sample%20and%20Spectrum.JPG Core sample from Mt. Rushmore, picked up in 1962 from...
Interesting experiment. Goal was to determine the second-hand dose at a distance from a patient injected with a radiotracer. This is the dose delivered to a...
A brief list can be found here: http://tubecollector.org/documents/radioactive.htm Not all tubes are still radioactive now, if they have short lived isotopes. ...
Hi, Dug out my 20 year old self luminous exit sign and found it still luminescent and fully quiet - no counts of any kind. It's a totally sealed unit, appears...
For the Home Lab: http://www.telatomic.com/telxo1.html Some of the experiments possible with this are: X-Ray diffraction Bragg reflection Spark Gap Rectilinear...
Testing for lead in paint and other products using radiation. There is a lot of squawking going on concerning China imports containing lead in paint,...
Geo: Yes, it is not a good idea to take apart smoke Detectors, a recent site suggested using the source for a homemade Spinthariscope - since it is an Alpha...
Natural Thorium 232 is abundant in the environment. As an industrial material thorium has been used to enhance a great number of products. Because all thorium...
Scintillator PREAMP- Make ANY Geiger a SCINTILLOMETER 350010924496 Pictures on there now. Schematics in FILES for home construction project. Also more info at:...
If the check spot contains only "Radium D+E" i.e. Pb-210 or radiolead, it has a half life of 22 years so the readings will be less over time. It is predictable...
Hello, I have some Dosimeters that can be seen in the group's photos section at; http://tech.ph.groups.yahoo.com/group/HomeRadLab/photos/view/6a9c?b=1 I have...
Detecting DU at a distance via beta particle emission. DU (Depleted Uranium) is uranium with the majority of the U-235 removed, leaving behind U-238 and U-234....
When rock collecting in Missouri turns from rock picks to ice picks, we search for easier prospecting grounds. This January it was Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco,...
Hello, Geo pointed me to this Yahoo group and mentioned there was some previous work done on granite by this group. I looked in the Files section but did not...
Greetings group, my name is Kevin, I have had an interest in mineralogy for some time, and have found an old friend I used to toke around with me years ago. ...
Nuclear Fission in the Home Radiation Lab SF, Spontaneous Fission is a form of radioactive decay that is possible in very heavy atoms. Theoretically it can...