Radioactive Thorium Lantern Mantle

[r0galik]

FYI, thorium is more toxic than beryllium

[otherem19]

It's not the asbestos, which is fine as long as you don't inhale the fibers, it's the radioactive thorium, sweet sweet thorium, I wish I had some right now... so tasty. 

[IntercityAPT]

Asbestos... :S

A little bit of radiation won't hurt you, but these lantern mantles are junk. Look at them, they've already come loose! They're dangerous.

You should throw it away.

[martyn347]

where did u get this???is it possible to buy it ???

[PhattoniX]

If you mean the detector, ebay is full of them.If you mean the mantle, well they're off the market for quite some years now...

[PhattoniX]

Hey there Triti, what exactly do you mean by "classified components"?

And how are these components are supposed to be radioactive? Thanks :)

[PrimoVids]

Quite possibly nuclear warheads or depleted uranium plating. If I were the gvm't I'd want to steal depleted uranium from fighter plane crashes. The Abrams tank has about 3-inch plates of depleted uranium reinforced steel, so that shouldn't be too strange to see.

[ZOYA09]

Hello

Try using the mantel first then do your test again..

Surprise!

Fired mantels are used to train Rad Techs when searching aircraft wreckage for classified components in Fighter Planes..

Triti

[GotterdammerungAA]

these mantles also contain beryllium which is toxic

[ANewNormalcy]

I certainly hope that they don't contain beryllium. The alpha radiation from the thorium would elicit  neutron emission from the Be.

[niwakun444]

asbestos you say... ohh dear :S me thinks ill be wearing some protective clothing next time mine needs changing.

[PhattoniX]

bravo panagioti! poly eksipni agora! gamw to manwli ta soyblakia mirizoyn dipla stin miti moy.

[moszanuda]

Dude, where did you get the Russian geiger counter used in this vide?

[PhattoniX]

Bought from Ebay, from a guy directly from Russia.If you're interested, it's a great value for money item.

[fdsman]

I never knew thorium mantles had asbestos. That's double danger in my opinion.

[officerspot]

Yeah...should wear some gloves and a respirator when handling those things. I would.

[lake425xrt]

i like radioactive

[libtechsk8er]

hehehe me too!

[polonium9]

ME THREE

[shvets007]

я тоже )

[manual2100]

awesome

[PhattoniX]

Thanks, just found those laying around in the house, I think everyone has some household radioactivity...