Radiation Explained Alpha Beta Gamma 1960s Mr Wizard

[astig600]

what will happen if i eat those chips?

[TheHoth1]

And that guy did not wear any protective gear to handle the Cobalt Beta thingy.

[KeoniPhoenix]

@TheHoth1 Exposure isn't much of a concern considering how little he handled them, but it was an unwise thing to do.

[Hlendz1997]

woo

[lizijie98]

he is crazy for touching those stuff...

[testiclecrusher2]

I like the noise. It sounds like popcorn popping.

[osearth]

@testiclecrusher2 this is true entropy. random numbers for all!

[kylehyde28]

Beware guys, my meter says ☢

[CrimsonXdef]

Hmm, so everything gives off a little bit of radiation?

[CwazyIndian]

Isn't it dangerous to be exposed to these particles?

[Blazerelf]

how can that man on the vid dare to grab that shit with his naked hands; he mad?

[ZmajSnoshaj]

@KeepEuropeWhite

Wrong, my Dad is a Creationist and believes in radiation. He is also a geophysicist with a ph.D from the University of Chicago.

[jaylias]

@ZmajSnoshaj he must be a shitty geophysicist if he thinks the world is 10,000 years old.

[Hakkastyle]

SMC SCIENCE PHYSICAL HOMEWORK TASK FTW!!!!!!

[UnwantedJSan]

@Hakkastyle now tell me the answers *w*

[simpsonfuturama1]

funny how alpha is harmless outside your body, but its nasty shit if it ever gets digested

[vmelkon]

@simpsonfuturama1 Most of the alpha rays are stopped by the dead skin layer that eventually flakes off. Some of the alpha do get past that dead layer skin and does harm. Probability of getting cancer? Who knows, so don't touch an alpha emitter with your hands.

[MrGuydudemanperson]

I have to stop drinking Nuka-Cola....

[caddotservices]

Awesome Video !

[ctyankeestxvi]

What? No Neutron cookie???

[EightOfCoins]

Gawd we were stupid. Erk. Are. Morons like that Coulter woman are still telling people radiation is good for you, the EPA convenienly shut down several radiation monitors and our media is not covering Fukushima at all, despite the daily increase in milk & rainwater radiation here in the US. Hell, even Europe has warned women and children to not drink milk, eat soft cheese or leafy veggies, and they get the fallout way after us.

[nobodywillcare]

I like the cold war propaganda terminology: "everyday radioactivity".

It is not technically wrong but the deliberate association of these two words aim at manipulating a gullible public.

What about your "everyday cancer", "everyday strychnin" or "everyday plane crash"?

[DevilMaster]

@nobodywillcare Except that you are actually exposed to low amounts of ionizing radiation every day. Wishing that it was not so does not make it not so.

[kreuztraeger]

Alpha radiation is NOT subatomic! They are helium atoms without electrons.

[DevilMaster]

@kreuztraeger Helium nuclei only qualify as alpha radiation if they are ejected from the nuclei of bigger atoms. So yes, alpha radiation IS subatomic. Just ionizing helium does not produce alpha radiation.

[SmartAndSafe]

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[MEDOESKI]

I dont know but that sound doesn't annoy me at all.

[sergheiadrian]

@KeepEuropeWhite If they don't believe in radiation, they should be send on a cleanup operation at Fukushima...

[Ragitsu]

@KeepEuropeWhite

Fuck your username.

[FriendlyCroock]

@Ragitsu

yourself asshole 

[Ragitsu]

@FriendlyCroock

Aw look, another widdle White Supremacist.

[MokomaSusi]

@Ragitsu

At least he isn't wapanese.... now that would be a tragedy.

[Ragitsu]

@MokomaSusi

Yeah, real tragedy.

[rdewes]

after that, the scientist put all three in the pocket and went home, to show his wife and kids

[nikhilck]

the man died of cancer, FYI. 

[Mainsail76]

@nikhilck Yeah, when he was 89 years old.

[Geytkeypur]

@KeepEuropeWhite And why is that?

[DevilMaster]

@Geytkeypur Because background radiation causes random changes in DNA, which, if they are beneficial, are transmitted to most of the offspring and alter a species. That is evolution. A belief in the nonexistence of evolution requires a belief in the nonexistence of radiation.

[kamikasedude]

this guy probably died of cancer....damn

[cskillet2003]

@KeepEuropeWhite A future scientist in the making I see.

[mattaddison19]

I just love it how he touches it without any gloves..

Didn't they care about exposure or summin?

[favrefan12491]

@mattaddison19 He's a scientist, it's probably pretty cold / its only the 60's

[HedgehogStudios1]

This guy probably died of cancer

[adryanv]

@HedgehogStudios1 its either that or he turned into a indestructible green giant.

[Xeidasx]

that sooo did not help me.... thanks anyway mr wizard.

[stringer3bell]

Was this when they found out what it was but not how dangerous it is?

[unclecrusty91]

I love how ignorant scientists were back then when it came to radiation. This guy is just handling all these radioactive chips all hunkydorry like with his bare hands. I couldnt believe he just whipped out chunk of Gama radioactive shit. Lol

[akula2shark]

@unclecrusty91

Chips? They are far more smarter than you so don't worry. BTW, if you eat 1 Banana per day then you get a daily dose of 0.0001 mSv! How about that?

[DevilMaster]

@unclecrusty91 That, or the clicks were added in postproduction and he was handling a fake Geiger counter and non-radioactive cardboard chips.

[GreatGungHolio]

But will they blend?

[GaGirlie777]

Thanks a lot!

[HexaDecimallify]

can u find me a dvd from Mr.WIZARD or torrent? for it?

[billsawakened]

20 yrs ago i was sent to cut concrete at Corvaliss Oregon, Home of the Beavers etc etc this is one of two state campusus , so it was large but not as large as some.

what was really odd was when i was given a radiation detector to wear on my shirt collar and after like so long in the area it would change color and was time to didimo. When did theyy start just building nuclear reactors wherever ? loved this video too took me back to the old school films. Blessings to you and your circles.

[bgvfm]

wow what an asshole XD

[TheMatia84]

hes touching it with his bare hands R.I.P sir :(



[MentalJudgement]

@TheMatia84 thats not high radiation,not even medium

[Chilyme]

fallout much? (i know its based in 1950's but close enough)

[cosmosvision]

I feel bad for the demo guy, doesn't he know it's dangerous?

[muumikopio]

@cosmosvision - Which one is more convenient? Painting a dollar and inserting a popping noise to the tape or actually taking the time to order radioactive material like cobolt 60 from somewhere?

[Frantzu]

@cosmosvision He's though. lol

[muumikopio]

HILARIOUS!!! They had sound effects in th 60s too. Which one is more convenient: Painting a dollar and inserting a popping noise to the tape or actually taking the time to order radioactive material like cobolt 60 from somewhere just to make the popping sound and the arrow rise on the meter?

This defines FAIL -.-

[SlightyDisturbedNBK]

@muumikopio "fail"? What are you fucking 12 year old?

[4543563]

60s fucking ruled.

[Lokivoid]

@muumikopio

Funny enough from 70 to early 90's alot radioactive lab grade samples are easily obtainable (No i am not talking about enriched samples). Infact they still are to day but due to alot of controls in place on the manufacturer and distrupter (not the buyer). The price of alot of them has skyrocketed, Thorium, americium, Uranium, tritium are still vary easy to come by and can be found in a large number of generic consumer products.

[fatqwert200]

@muumikopio the reason they prolly did this was for sake of filming it. if u think thats a fail then everything that is filmed today is a "fail" ie acton movies ect

[muumikopio]

@fatqwert200 - I believe you got me wrong. I thing it is funny how people think that those samples HAD to be highly radioactive just because of the popping sound.

Which one is more convenient? Painting a dollar and inserting a popping noise to the tape or actually taking the time to order radioactive material like cobolt 60 from somewhere?

[sniped101]

why is he touching it?

[233kosta]

Alpha particles are highly ionising He nuclei with all the electrons stripped off. This is why it travels so little. Beta particles include beta plus(positron) and beta minus(electron). These occur when a neutron changes to a proton and v-v. Gamma particles are high energy photons. They behave much like light, radio waves and other electromagnetic radiation. The difference is that they lie at the highest of the spectrum, which makes them potentially ionising, but only if they hit something(rare)

[cool2465]

I am comfused to why he can touch those isotopes without being harmed......

[darpop220]

@cool2465 its not powerful its probley only 0.5% radiation

[KarbineKyle]

Nice! These are actually quite safe. My workroom gives off +3X normal background radiation. No alpha, since I don't have a mica probe. I have a large collection of radioactive materials. They're legal, just extremely radioactive. The strongest source I have PEGS the needle on my CDV-7006b GM-Counter (B & y only). It's a Radium-226 "Disc" Source from the 40's. It gives off WAY over than 50mR/h (30K CPM). My Dosimeter reads ~1mSv/h, (~zero distance, B & y). I am very careful with all my materials.

[Slayer7666COF]

@KarbineKyle i know nothing about radiation other than it is like light but with piercing power (tungsten light? lol) and that ANY radiation damage over anything normally found WILL make you pay later... for example, having many radiation sources around you, have you ever tested for any radio activity in that room when all "samples" were locked? like some people believe that DU has "NO" radiation... it actually has 1/3 of Uranium which is enough for a few cancer being close to things it contamin

[3eneboy]

... if that is po210, he has no protection /:

[veon15]

@3eneboy because it's fake

[3eneboy]

mehh :L

[hamerninnyde]

he shouldn't be touching that coblat-60

[mockingbird83]

85% of all ionising radiation you'll be exposed to in your life is from daily living. 60% radon from soil, trees, building materials in your house, 10% from the food and water we consume, and 15% from cosmic sources.

what matters is how MUCH radiation you're exposed to. you don't want to be exposed to any more than 100mSv per year.

On average, you'll be exposed to 5mSv per year just in daily living. An additional 2mSv if you work in a uranium mine.

Hiroshima victims were exposed to 5000mSv

[Ragitsu]

@mockingbird83

I prefer the term "rad", because it sounds cooler.

[shaikfaridshaikfarid]

@Ragitsu same

[Ragitsu]

@shaikfaridshaikfarid

Awesome!

[MrSniper16]

How is he able to handle a block of beta and gamma with his hand? Wouldn't that uh... hurt? lol

[panzarw]

no it doesnt hurt at all its a silent killet, from gamma you just ,,melt,, Alfa and beta or more of a sun radiation that fries you but with a nice tan.

So dont forget your sun screan or lead screan while walking on a nice sunny day in chernobyl.

[Adrenalx42]

alpha radiation is nothing but ionized helium nuclei. it is stopped by the skin, or just a thin sheet of paper

[DGFerro]

@panzarw This comment is so wrong, I have no idea why it is getting positive remarks. Gamma doesn't melt you, it is the most common radiation we receive and we receive it daily.

[panzarw]

@DGFerro No it literaly melts you, because the radiation makes every cell in you do chem. reactions differently, radiation just ruins the bonds in cells.

Yes of course, its a natural radiation background, its tiny, but theoritacaly scientist think that such background radiation gave us evolution.

We regenerate faster than it gives us any damage.

[DGFerro]

@panzarw No it does not "melt" you gamma radiation has a chance to interact with some cells, not every cell. If enough gamma radiation is received it can kill cells faster than the body reproduces them causing radiation poisoning, but you do not melt. Ultraviolet light is what fries you to get a nice tan. Alpha and beta particles cause more of a concern if they get into your body through inhaling, eating, open wounds, and that sort of thing.

[panzarw]

@DGFerro I mean not like melting metal, but like the other melting, how would you call a human being disaembeled by layers ? the smooth and undetected way?

human skin ,,boils from radiation,, melting from radiation is, lets say, metoforical.

But if your such an asshole then lets go to business, human skin is carbon based, 3642C* so radiation doesent give such heat, so thath mean the human organism fall apart via unloosing its layers, it unlayers so any melting object seemingly also unlayers,

[DGFerro]

@panzarw You are fighting an uphill battle with your "melting" theory and resorted to name calling, so after this comment I am done. Gamma radiation ionizes atoms inside the body that then go on to interact with other ions in the body, which is bad. These reactions result in the cells not functioning the correct way, which will eventually kill them. If the body does not replace those cells fast enough eventually you will die. Some cells can survive this and be normal or mutate. No melting.

[panzarw]

@DGFerro Well it just look as they are melting.

It just goes with it very well, you can call it the way you like it.

[belley669]

@DGFerro yes, Indeed and that's why its bad, it chnage your atomic DNA

[ChronicMist]

@belley669 "atomic DNA"? ATOMIC? what the fuck is that?

[belley669]

@ChronicMist the electron particule of your DNA atoms change or tranfers... and then it hurt your evolution... and then u 'll have disease

[ChronicMist]

@belley669 atoms have nothing to do with DNA. DNA are made out of 4 types of protein. those vibrate and can be altered, modifying the DNA structure in the end. that's all that low doses of gamma rays do, nothing to do with atoms what so ever

[belley669]

@ChronicMist we are made of atoms. the proteins are atoms at their infinite small ?? dont be stupid

[ChronicMist]

@belley669 everything is made out of atoms, but the brick wall isn't affected by gamma radiation right? don't be stupid. biological creatures are affected just because of their dna, not because the atoms

[belley669]

@ChronicMist watever.. i already knew

its simple, your dna is your "evolution" and if there is an anomally your body will suffer the consequence.

[giochi4]

@belley669 or the benefits. Random mutation is what permits evolution (or death).

[belley669]

@ChronicMist the brick wall????? hey listen the radiation just cant go TROUGHT the brick wall ( the other side is the detector of radiation).

I know what you mean... but the radiation get into the brick anyway at a lower level.

[neemguy81]

@ChronicMist The brick wall can be affected by radiation...the Ionizing radiation of the 3 here cause dissociation between atoms and can change the chemical makeup of the wall.

Biological effects on cells are:

Damage to the cell and it is unable to recover, the cell dies.

Damage to the cell and the cell repairs itself normally.

Damage to the cell with abnormal repairs to the cell (cancer).

Or radiation hits the cell and it is not effected.

[captainqatar]

@panzarw You make no sense...

[belley669]

@captainqatar hey you know what? you are retarted and you said nothing interresting so shut the fuck up ! :) u suck

[unclepoepoe]

@panzarw haha, you can walk through Chernobyl with all the sunscreen you want, and then you'll notice that your vomiting uncontrollably, then your hair will start to fall off, and finally you will start to bleeding internally and you will start to bleed from your eyes and other parts of your body and you will drop dead.

[panzarw]

@unclepoepoe yeah aint it cool XD

[ChronicMist]

@panzarw gamma doesn't met shit moron. even light can melt you if it's in enough concentration, so your logic is stupid. gamma radiations coming from radioactive elements is relatively very weak, but that weakness is enough to make DNA changes in our cells and create cancer. same applies to alpha and beta, which are short range radiations, which means they only travel a few meters or even centimeters from their source

[panzarw]

@ChronicMist shut it fuck face, first learn to talk to people.

And i already said it looks like ,,melting,, and already I've got proper replies.

[ChronicMist]

@panzarw it doesn't look like "melting" at all. not on earth, nowhere in the fuckin universe. and learn to shut the fuck up and don't make you look like a fuckin clown

[panzarw]

@ChronicMist The only clown here is you, continuing to argue.

I said already I've got proper replies with which I agree.

Throwing F bombs all around wont make people listen to you.

Cool down if you want to prove your point, I will listen to and your opinion only if you COOL DOWN a notch.

[ChronicMist]

@panzarw just shut the fuck up and stop sending me messages

[panzarw]

@ChronicMist have a nice day

[tacky183]

@panzarw Alpha , Beta, and Gamma not alfa

[Chocolate777Roblox]

@panzarw Retard

[panzarw]

@Chocolate777Roblox look in the mirror

[Chocolate777Roblox]

@panzarw Is that the best comeback youve got?

Piss off,dumb ass.

[Chocolate777Roblox]

@panzarw Faggot

[Adrenalx42]

you wouldnt notice it at all

[panzarw]

uhm wtf, i heard you need like several meters thick walls of lead to stop radiation...

[danpayne118]

yeah gamma radiation needs several meters of concrete but not alpha and beta particles. Alpha is still bad if it gets into your body though cos it ionises your cells and causes cancer / days long death from internal bleeding which is what happened to Litvenyenko.

[antiprotons]

@danpayne118 Alpha is the most deadly of the three. It has a quality factor of 20  lol Nasty stuff.

[Adrenalx42]

depends on the type of radiation

[Agentoxedo07]

Holy-Terrorist:>*=* the detector readiation use,

paper,aluminium,lead bloc, and

helium molecular not trepasse paper and

beta rayon not trepasse aluminium paper and

gamma rayon not trepasse lead bloc !

[grachev88]

I wouldn''t want that guys job... Handling those things with bare arms... fuck that

[drag00n77]

dont belive their lies!!!! radiation actually gives you superpowers!!!! they just say its harmfull to prevent people from becoming super human!!!!!!!!

[drag00n77]

@Shotgunner56 it wont matter wen i become SUPERHUMAN!! MUAHAHAHAA

[drag00n77]

dude your AN idiot.....u think all those people realy died? they became superhuman and formed a leage of superhumans who secretly defend earth from the aliens.....WHOS THE CUNT NOW YOU CUNT! =D

[watcher18893]

fallout new vegas coming soon

[mukandy23]

saying radiation sounds cool

[shok520]

those sound cool :D fallout 3 is a bad ass game! LoL

[kwibjo123456789]

Lol from fallout 3

Three dog: Tick tick tickety means run your ass out of there!

[adamtheclark]

this needs to be in fallout 3

[geekforlifevandc]

arent those radioactive?

[mucofresh]

@geekforlifevandc yeah but back then i dont think they knew about how it can five you cancer or the person is wearing a lead suit

[geekforlifevandc]

@mucofresh you can see his sleeve so i guess its number 1

[FMFChivas3]

ZOMBIES ! AHHHHHHHHHHHH!

[18log]

they should have put this in Fallout 3! lol

[gsxrkidd]

okay, so where may I obtain these samples to try the experiment at home???

[yarahahrwe]

yes but how do they taste

[westuntin]

hahahahahahahahaha

[boxer3main]

beta and road salt...hmmm. As if that rust maker didn't make me wonder enough, it could be nuclear.

[Ammd1986]

Radiation got with in Mobill Be Care!

[XYAD75]

why was he touching the beta and gamma samples?

[UAEchemist2]

Nothing wrong touching them.

[ChronicMist]

@XYAD75 because it's covered in plastic? can't get contaminated. was it hard? and he only touch it for a few seconds, you get more dangerous radiations by staying half an hour in the sun

[neemguy81]

@XYAD75 The source was low enough to keep within his dose limits for the year probably, which is set by the NRC at 5 REM/year. DOE is set at 2 Rem/year i think. So no matter if he was touching the source or not, he was still absorbing a dose.

[mpwelk]

@XYAD75 because they are sealed samples, and won't be harmed by handling them for a short period of time. You'd have a problem on your hands if you taped his cobalt source to your eye... but not handling it for a film, etc.

[arjhen2021]

@XYAD75 lol good freaking question

[phillipdogyface]

@XYAD75 cuese hes already da hulk...

[smnsmnsmn]

@XYAD75 He hopes to get super powers.

[MisterMerchant]

It's not that dangerous...

[polonium9]

they are surrounded by plastic ITS FINE i have uranium minerals which if held wrong can emit radioactive particles into the air which may give you cancer. all radiation EVEN ALPHA is bad for you, beta is pretty bad but gamma is the worst but if you breath alpha particles then polonium will build up on your lungs so they are all dangerous.

[atomic7732]

no, alpha is just helium without electrons. They get electrons quickly, so that's why they only "live" for like 4 inches of air.

[Guitarhero1000]

I think what they were trying to do was to educate people on these different radiation methods. Rather than scare people with your comments try adding some input. Such a these things surround us on a daily basis, and are regarded as harmless. I see your point, but were not talking about Chernobyl here.

[polonium9]

very true! i am sorry to have scared anyone :P

[UAEchemist2]

You can't breath alpha.

[InAllReflections]

wow your really smart

[nonplayerzealot4]

His real name is Paul O'Nium.