Uranium 238

This is a nice sample of near-pure Uranium-238. It is nearly one-hundred percent pure BECAUSE it has been processed so that most of the usable Uranium-235 is taken out to be used for fuel or weapons. I bought it from United Nuclear. There is 5 grams of it inside the vacuum pouch (which I do NOT open in this demonstration).

*EDIT: Cool! 1,000 views as of November 17, 2008! Keep up the good work, people! : )*

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Science & Technology

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• Uranium
• 238
• depleted
• nuclear
• fuel
• united
• radioactive
• radioactivity
• radiation
• alpha
• beta
• gamma
• ray
• particle

[thepeach12345]

Where do I buy one of these units? How much are they? What do I search under google to find them to buy them?

[JeremyBechen]

@thepeach12345 It's called a "GammaScout" survey meter, you can just google "GammaScout" to get their webpage. The unit costs around $450 and you can order it from their website.

[cassiavc]

It is a good alpha and beta emitter, but not that good on gamma emissions. Cool, I guess! At 0:27 were you measuring what? uSv/h? How much did you get? Is that like 5000uSv/h? If it is so, it is probably close to a rem, which would be a little bit dangerous i think.

[JeremyBechen]

@cassiavc Around 0:27 I'm measuring in millrem/h, so it's not nearly close to a rem. ;P But, of course, I wouldn't be apt to stick around 1 rem/h of radiation. You wouldn't have any ill-effects such as acute radiation sickness from a dose that low, but it'd be a good way to get cancer.

[cassiavc]

@JeremyBechen Wait...But...five thousand milirem? That is like "I wanna die". Is it really five thousand milirem? I am just little bit confused about the dot and the comma.

[JeremyBechen]

Oh, no, it's 5.39 millirem. As in .00539 rem. Dosage from this Uranium sample is pretty low, since almost all of the alpha emissions are blocked by its packaging.

[JeremyBechen]

@iVoltTV Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't know you were an authority on radiation safety. To the untrained eye, multi-layered thick plastic vacuum packaging can appear to be an openly exposed heavy metal.

I'm not holding it with my bare hands, you idiot.

[Fourteen88SoCal]

strap that whole bag to your cock.....you might be able to create a new species of human!

[xxRAMMSTEINxFANxx]

So you won't grow another arm?? Damn..

[forwardbias]

I held 10 grams of Uranium-238 in my hand, most of the radiation cant even penetrate the dead layer of skin. The chemical toxicity is a far greater concern, as its a heavy metal like Lead. Uranium is actually used as radiation shielding, as its denser than lead. Its used to shield against far more dangerous materials like Radium-226, which is about a million times more radioactive than Uranium. The shorter the half life, the more intense the radiation. U-238 has a half life of 4 billion years.

[KarbineKyle]

@JeremyBechen Nice to see your video again! I stumble across videos I've seen before, but I still enjoy them. Reminds me of what I do. I love to experiment with radioactive materials. I'm getting another bottle from UN, but this has only >3g of U-238. It's more expensive and harder to find, and sells out as soon as they get it. I'm curious as to where to find a sample of Th-232 metal and how to get a Pu isotope (Pu-238 is the one I'd like). I can't afford it now, but how good is the Gamma Scout?

[SteamMonkey115]

Ah, tick-tick-tock...is that the sound of a Geiger counter or my lifespan counting down? It's both!

[sincityfire]

why do I hear piano music in the background?!

[MrGamersworld1]

Hey dude i need some of uranium 238 how much would you sell it for cos there ment to be world war 3 in october 21 2012 reply as soon as possible please

[Fourteen88SoCal]

@Banjokazooie42 lol

[Banjokazooie42]

@Fourteen88SoCal well when ur doing a girl XD then ur baby will... lets just say is "different"

[magicstix0r]

I'm surprised you got as much of a difference between the alpha and alpha-blocking modes on your detector. The bag that the U238 is in should block most of the alpha particles.

[JTfromSTL]

OMG.. your fingers are going to fall off you dubmass!!! :p