United Nuclear High Radiation Level Uranium Ore Sample

Finally got the sample of Uranium Ore from United Nuclear when it was on sale (crazy cheap). In the video is that and my Victoreen CDV-700b geiger counter (which I modified a bit) and I mean 25 thousand, not hundred!

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Science & Technology

Tags:

• geiger counter
• geiger
• united nuclear
• uranium
• uranium ore
• cpm
• mr/h

[magnumcalib]

genuine 1965 Victoreen CDV700

[hedgehog23]

beta wont make it threw the plastic the rock is in

[magnumcalib]

Not sure how much you are wanting to bet on it, but sorry bud, it does. It's Alpha that won't make it through.

[thejoshinator08]

Hey I got a question for you ok can a Cdv 717 measure radiation from the uranium ore ?

[magnumcalib]

@thejoshinator08, Technically yes you could, but the 715 and 717 series from CDV were made only to measure high doses of radiation, such as the radiation one would receive after a nuclear bomb went off or a power plants started to leak. You will want a CDV700 for that (which is what I had). If you ever get a needle to move a good amount on the 715 or 717 series....run! (just a FYI the 717 is the same as 715, just with a remote line!)

[SUPERBBALLA]

wash your hands what you can not wash off radiation

[magnumcalib]

No, you can't wash off radiation, but you can have microscopic or even larger contaminates on your skin, IE particles of the uranium ore still on your skin. Washing your hands is always a good precaution.

[stefaan10111992]

@magnumcalib is it possible that also alpha radiation can make it trough the plastic, or is the plastic around my ore (which only emits alpha) just rubbish?

[stefaan10111992]

@thejoshinator08 you might want to check out ebay for a CDV 700, it's not that expensive

[snickersisdead101]

to be safe should i put aluminium foil around it to reduce the particle escape

[jbl7148]

I ordered some...I received a glass vial with 3 atoms of 115 in it :p

[antiprotons]

@vmelkon background can very from place to place. Sieverts and REMs are composite measures of energy. You cannot scale CPM from a Geiger counter to one of these units unless you are first calibrated for that unit. As a result, you should never measure background using a unit with a degree of freedom encompassing energy. CPM (or CPS for SI units) is the correct way.

[vmelkon]

40 mrem/h = 400 microSv/h and normal background is 0.15 microSv/h so that is pretty high.

[Maximalnoob]

if you rub the stone on your balls what happens then?

[bottle2lip]

what detector is that? did you get it on ebay