detecting RADON - fast and easy - part ONE

in this video, i am using charcoal from a pet store (aquarium filter content) to detect the radioactive noble gas RADON!

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[Pujc]

Godness mine woah , you dont fear from cancer? Why was you put in coal the radioactive stuff, coal can store the radiation?! and not at least was you all wtches from grandpa trow against the wall , or how was you become so many lil watc hand (:

[bionerd23]

@Pujc

yes, radon - the radioactive noble gas within the decay chain - distributes within the coal, and the daughternuclides become "trapped" within the coal.

[Pujc]

@bionerd23 Do you think maybie some light radioactive stuff can work as cold catalisator? I mean in home maded vacum discarc tube (spark gap tube), cause that matreial emitt radon , and that make more easly conductive the air , I mean fill the vacum expect air. Sorry for my bad english , I hope trough all Im undersandable.

[bionerd23]

@Pujc

i'm not sure what the question is, but some electronics components still do use radioactive material nowadays, to do exactly what you said; ionize the air and help current to flow.

[acm12358]

Awsome vid! Where can i buy a cheap geiger counter on the web?

[bionerd23]

@acm12358

i'd try ebay.

[Clanside]

"realy fucking radioactive" :D

[mowerofdoom]

You're curie-ous? Oh dear oh dear. Was that intentional?!

Good video though. Very interesting result and explanation. Thanks.

[BalazarsBrain]

Is it safe to handle that uranium ore like that with bare hands?

[Doppelbuckel]

Could I do this experiment with my geiger counter which can only detect Beta and Alpha radiation?

[mythhealer]

If Radon has a half life of 3 days, that's not the problem. The problem is that some other Uranium (et. al) may be present to create the Radon off gas. problem. That was the missing comment in this video. I do believe your work is needed at this time, and I would love to use clips of your testing in some of my videos. my site is mythhealer

[zetkaoo]

hmm, as the radon gets absorbed by the coal, wouldn't t be a good idea to keep permanent dishes of coal around in areas where i my keep radioactive minerals?

maybe this way i can reduce the amount of radon in the air, even though most of it is in sealed cases, i wouldn't call every case really airtight!

[ddoleiden]

@bionerd23 I'd imagine it would be 1.2 pCi/L (picoCuries per litre of air). pCi/L is the standard unit used on home radiation test results here in the US, but I'm not sure about other countries. Also, I highly doubt one could break a lease at this level, as the US EPA has set an "action limit" of 4 pCi/L.

[jjovereats]

@bionerd23 Aequivalent? Geez, your brain is halve sieve half bowl.

[bionerd23]

@acabainigriv1945

1.2 what? 1.2 microsievert/hour? on coal? where was the coal placed? or did you measure the aequivalent dose in open air?

well, 1.2 microsievert/hour are not that much; it's not going to cause you acute radiation sickness or anything. however, they say ANY exposure to radon does increase your risk for cancer. like, people in saxony / germany have a higher incidence of lung cancer than people in hamburg, due to more radon being around. i have no idea about legal stuff though.

[Pujc]

@bionerd23 Yes ,exactley that was what I was to try to mean :))) & kann ich schreiben zudier auf Deutch? Where Ich denke mal besser.