Radioactive Salt Substitute (No Salt)

The main ingredient of common salt substitute is potassium chloride. This is also mildly radioactive as displayed by the Geiger counter.
Disclaimer: This video not meant to deter people from using salt substitute (the radioactivity is very low and accepted by the FDA)- it is for educational purposes only.

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• salt
• substitute
• no
• potassium
• chloride
• geiger
• counter
• radioactive
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• pressure

[animobil]

Was the beta window open?

[summersja]

Yes it was. Although the window was open, I was still surprised to get this much action detecting beta and gamma with a standard probe- much more than my zircon.

[czbaby12]

Where did you get your cdv-700? thanks

[summersja]

It was a Christmas gift given to me by my wonderful brother :-) Anyways, I believe that he got it from an E-bay seller.

[nukesvids]

@summersja Is it Lionel or Victoreen?

[euclon]

@FortNikitaBullion Each click is a detected event, however not every event detected is from K40 (background) and not all K40 events are detected. The number of events detected depends on the detector/source geometry, detector efficiency, self-shielding within the KCl itself, and other factors. Each gram of KCl yields 1000 decays of K40 per minute, but even with the best geometry, the typical pancake GM tube can only pick up about 15% of the decay events.

[antiprotons]

@FortNikitaBullion Typically, yes. Remember, the total number of decays per second must be divided by ( the area of the detector divided by the mean radius from the decay times pi, cubed) So... thousands of decays could equal only a single click due to the probability of incedencse.

[FortNikitaBullion]

So, is each sound just one molecule of potassium decaying?

[morbidangelofdeath1]

so with a low rate like that if it was on say x10 it wouldn't pick up at all?

[vmelkon]

@NamesROverated They add potassium iodide because our thyroid needs it. Some countries don't have much food with the I ion.

[imsmarterthanu007]

i have the same salt substitute in my lab (is it made of mainly KCl and NH4Cl ?)

[PrimoVids]

Can you give me a name of one measured in Rads or Gray?

[russiaboy12321]

um can u buy them at wall mart?