Q&A do smoke alarms have radioactive material in them?

[TheEgg185]

Also, if i throw out the smoke detector, and the garbage truck crushes it, will the garbage men have to worry about their jacobs? i hope so. see, one of the garbage women actually molested my son in 1990 leaving bruises on his gentiles. hope these women get what they deserve when i throw away one of these ionizing chambers.

[TheEgg185]

i think thats BULLSHIT from the smoke alarm companies that you have to change it every 10 years. i have one from 1985 that works fine. im about to throw it out but im searching "fun with americium" to see if theres anything fun i can do with it.

[MattSL97]

wat if i was took take out the americium and swallow it would i die?

[viperfrank]

@MattSL97 LOL. there's a strong possibility that you would die and if you did manage to live to tell the tale you would soon die of liver failure and/or cancer.

my recommendation is not to open a smoke alarms ionizing chamber and defiantly, defiantly do not eat any part of a smoke alarm.

thanks for your comment and sorry about the late reply.

nice one!!!

[TheEgg185]

@viperfrank thumbs down for not knowing how to spell definitely. defiantly? that makes me so mad.

[globalcorey]

@antimatterball21 They use alpha particles in the detecters themselves and if you have taken chemistry you would know that know they are not dangerous even outside the containers.

[Blinkwing]

Take care. Americium is really dangerous and easily falls to dust. The small chip in the ionizing-chamber is only thin-coated with gold and when u don't take care, this layer gets worn off.

Am - 241 is VERY radioactive, and even though its AmO, its still VERY radioactive!

[clony101]

correction.americium doesn't only have alpha radiation but also gamma radiation.but i don't know if they have beta radiation.YEAH FOR RADIATION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[MrLegojack]

its called americam like americ-am

[yamahapsr22]

wow i did not know that!!! when i first moved in to my new house i found one in loft and i was all smashed open, i just thew it in the bin, whoops!!!!! i didn't know they had that inside them

well good job i watched this video now i know.

thanks for the info mate. great video james keep it up 5/5

[BuckyDnB]

nice one!