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Im amazed you are okay with toaching and handling it, I wouldnt want to be in the same room as that, even the smallest amount of berylium dust can cause granulosis in the lungs...
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Where did you buy this at?
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oh yes this element is used to be used for the making of lasers
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I heard this is an elelment to invest into in the near future
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ahhh neutron capture you ever try this experiment .i was going to do it with MnO2 but i never got the chance . if you did tell me the results. BTW i have downloaded portal 2 after seeing your videos funny stuff.
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I really hope you did this video with a dust mask on your face!
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u can also use aluminium to get a neutron source
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you are more brave than I. beryllium is my favorite element but it gives me the heebee jeebees.
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also, if you are cut by the beryllium the wound will not heal, the beryllium will suppress the immune system. very nasty stuff.
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thank you very much for your contribution to youtube and my knowledge of abstract elements.
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Hi there. In another video you showed a piece of americium from a fire detector. The gamma radiation of americium was pretty low. I wonder if you place the beryllium in front of the americium, if you get a noticeable increase in gamma radiation.
nick1f 1 year ago
@nick1f
nope. why would i?
bionerd23 1 year ago
@bionerd23
After I posted this message, I came accross another movie you made (Update on the neutron experiment - uFoR3aADZXk), where you actually claim you were not successful in generating gamma radiation from an americium source, using beryllium foil. You forgot your own experiment??
nick1f 1 year ago
@nick1f
it was about neutrons, not gamma radiation. gamma radiation is electromagnetic radiation with a very short wavelength / energy - a photon, a quantum of energy (same as visible light). neutrons are particles, hadrons (that are also part of atoms nuclei).
bionerd23 1 year ago
Doesn't all light weight atoms (aluminium, carbon, etc.) release neutrons when hit by alpha particles? Though not as effective as beryllium or lithium...
MightyBaal 2 years ago
yeah. aluminum / aluminium is supposed to work okay, too, though the neutron yield would be much, much lower that with beryllium... beryllium seems to be ideal.
bionerd23 2 years ago