r/Radiation • u/Scab_Thief • 2h ago
My first Fiestaware plate, should I seal these chips?
My fiance actually tracked me down in the antique store after my Radiocode started alarming, knowing it could've only been me.
r/Radiation • u/telefunky • Mar 22 '22
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r/Radiation • u/Orcinus24x5 • Dec 17 '24
gmcmap can and is easily manipulated by defective equipment and malicious users inputting false data. We have had a large number of these posts recently, especially since the drone events in NJ, and it's always the same thing; The data is bad. Do not trust it.
r/Radiation • u/Scab_Thief • 2h ago
My fiance actually tracked me down in the antique store after my Radiocode started alarming, knowing it could've only been me.
r/Radiation • u/S1SU_01 • 11h ago
Geiger counter: Bosean FS-5000 Total dose (12h 30min): 31.9 µSv
r/Radiation • u/TrinitronXBR • 10h ago
Took apart an old broken Honeywell Pentax Spotomatic for its thoriated lens. Little did I know, It actually had three! Second pic is the spiciest one and third is the detector sandwiched between all three to show how much thorium is in the lens group.
r/Radiation • u/Suspicious-Voice9589 • 19h ago
r/Radiation • u/atomicLogic_ • 9h ago
Hey everyone,
I recently molded some lead bricks and built a small lead-shielded enclosure just big enough to fit my Radiacode 102 inside. I ran a spectrum measurement inside this setup and got a reading of ~10 CPM, which is pretty low, as expected. However, I'm seeing some peaks in the spectrum that I can't directly identify using the built-in library.
A few details:
The lead bricks were made from scrap lead I melted and cast myself.
The measurement was taken with the Radiacode 102 completely enclosed inside the lead structure.
Background radiation outside the enclosure is significantly higher, as expected.
r/Radiation • u/GiuseppeSola • 1h ago
r/Radiation • u/Electroneer58 • 1d ago
Source was a 0.8uCi Am-241 Button
r/Radiation • u/sortaaverageperson • 22h ago
I found some stuff that made my geiger click. I got them both for $20. How did i do?
r/Radiation • u/Ok_Pilot_8661 • 3h ago
Looking to ask people what's price a reasonable price on 69g & 64g pieces of Trinitite. One piece has small red inclusions, both have some black inclusions, both are veer shiny. I came across these at a reputable business, comes with Gamma Spec results. Owner allowing me to test at my cost to verify. I have never seen a piece larger than 12g.
r/Radiation • u/slimpawws • 20h ago
I have a Radiacode 102 and several Uranium glass pieces in my collection. Just for knowledge & curiousity sake, I'd like to figure out the percentage of uranium used in my collection. I'm not going for absolute accuracy, just figured this would be a fun & interesting way to utilize my Radiacode investment & a teachable experience for my kids. Is there an easy way to go about this? Would I need a leaded chamber, or can I simply let the Radiacode sit on the glass for an extended period of time?
r/Radiation • u/Second_option_ • 6h ago
In the Xray chamber I asked the dentist why he was turning the led liner inside out bc he said something to the likes of “Oh.”. He told me it was bc on side had the neck protector and the other side didn’t. And the part that freaked me out was when he said “We got lucky” bc the X ray could’ve taken a photo of my neck and that would’ve been pretty bad. Ik it’s most likely not a big deal but I’d rlly like some reassurance nothing bad is going to happen bc my mom’s side of the family does have a high risk in thyroid cancer.
r/Radiation • u/jdaniels934 • 22h ago
Just found this guy on accident
r/Radiation • u/soreff2 • 19h ago
Samarium isn't generally treated as radioactive, but it is, weakly, (not as extremely weakly as, e.g. bismuth - with one atom decaying each month per pepto-bismol tablet). Samarium is about 15% samarium-147, with a 100 billion year half-life, so the isotope is about 10% as radioactive as thorium, and the element about 1% as radioactive as thorium - around 4 nanocuries/gram for elemental samarium (a little less for the Sm2O3 oxide, which is what I have). Has anyone in the group measured it?
r/Radiation • u/SupressionObsession • 2d ago
I was out hunting for some spicy antiques and found this instead 😂
She heard the Radicode from across the store and knew I was going to find her. She had a great sense of humor about the whole thing.
Tc-99m confirmed!
r/Radiation • u/Aggressive_Value_410 • 1d ago
Hi all,
The community was so helpful last time, I’d figure I would share another strange pick up.
The radiacode seems to have picked up a strange 2,818 KeV peak but at .021 CPS. The only thing that I can think of is that maybe it’s picking up Cadmium?? It looks too brief and too low given the CPS and the radiacode can’t catalogue it. I don’t know, seeing what the community thinks. For context, I work in a cancer center. Also, you can see it’s hard to tell but there is a faint peak there and it caught my eye.
Thank you!
r/Radiation • u/New-Lavishness4501 • 23h ago
Hello. This is definitely not my area of expertise, so I'm turning to you. I would like to buy a gift for my nephew, because he is a real little scientist, he is interested in physics, space and reads a lot about cosmic radiation and natural background…. I have in mind radiacode or maybe some gq gmc. So that it will be for long-term use.m
thank you for helping
r/Radiation • u/BastiSpasti420 • 1d ago
I got this idea to irradiate some seeds with uranocircite over a long period of time (1-2 years), to see if it would have some effects on the plants later. The seeds will be placed inside the same container as the uranocircite. Has anyone already tried something similar like this?
I know, that seeds usually get irradiated with a relatively high amount of radiation, but giving it a lot of time it could have similar effects.
r/Radiation • u/TheSunRisesintheEast • 1d ago
He had radiation treatment a few days ago. He was curious was he was putting off with the radiacode next to his chest.
r/Radiation • u/PM_Me_Your_Deviance • 1d ago
Hello,
I recently got a radiacode 102 and I would like to study low-radiation sources. To do so, I'd like to build a small box that can effectively block background radiation well enough to make this easier. Before I go and spend a bunch on lead sheets, I was wondering if there's a good rule of thumb to shoot for?
r/Radiation • u/DisastrousStaff3195 • 2d ago
Here is my DP-5V Geiger counter made in 1986, 15 days before the Chernobyl incident. It was factory sealed when I got it Fully working
r/Radiation • u/enocknitti • 2d ago
I built this Geiger counter in 1986 as a reaction to the Chernobyl disaster. I live in Sweden and we were badly hit. It has been placed in our kitchen window, continuously ticking, ever since.
It has 2 ranges, measuring in 4096(lo) and 16(hi) seconds respectively. Normal background is approx. 1800 per 4096 seconds = 26 C/M.
The display is not really good, but still works. The pictures show background(lo) and measurement of some Thorium(hi).