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...
http://www.qsl.net/k0ff/ScintiLENi/ Finally, after all these years, one box has all the hacks in one place for the first time. Everything in this LENi was laid...
Shine a small LED flashlight into the charger port of your CDV pen dosimeter and point the other end towards a wall or piece of white paper. The dosimeter...
Spectrum Techniques ST-350 is a self contained Geiger Muller Scaler-Counter Lab. A built in digital counter, Ratemeter, Variable High Voltage Power Supply,...
Q: Take 3 imaginary isotopes. #1 has a peak at 100 keV only, # 2 has a peak at 662 keV only and #3 has a single peak at 3 MeV. Each sample has the same number...
Hello Folks! This is an explanation of how nuclear decay happens, and where the alpha, beta and gammas we all love to measure come from. For all intents and...
Radiation Detection Probes and Their Dial Scales> A Tutorial by Geo Pay attention to the Gamma Sensitivity numbers in the specification sheets and charts. This...
Calibrating a Survey Meter> A Tutorial by Geo STEP 1: Check the instrument and probe for contamination. a frisker (pancake probe) should be used so that all...
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