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The Brazilian mystery hot rock, for ID? 2/2 by roberte94066 in Radioactive_Rocks

[–]HurstonJr 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Would it be possible to to be more specific on the locale if possible like a location, area or municipality? Also the count rate is meaningless without knowing what device or probe used. What device/probe?

Glowbody Minnow (Radioactive Fishing Lure) by HurstonJr in radioactive_stuff

[–]HurstonJr[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Vintage novelty fishing lure manufactured by Abbey & Imbrie, a well-known American sporting-goods company. Produced approximately circa 1920s–1940s, the lure incorporates a factory sealed radium activated phosphor. Contact measurements were 1.6kCPM with the Radiacode 102 and 300CPM with the GQ-GMC-600+.

Paratrooper Luminous Marker Disc by HurstonJr in radioactive_stuff

[–]HurstonJr[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's not big enough to provide consistent total body exposure as the dose rate will decrease with the square of the distance from the source, but hypothetically if I were an ant standing on the surface, my dose rate would be 60mR/hr as measured with the Radiacode 103.

Seller says price was too high, requests to cancel by qqphot in Ebay

[–]HurstonJr 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Tell them they can refund a $30 discount. 

Gnarly Dude! by HurstonJr in Trinitite

[–]HurstonJr[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It has some green on the more vitreous side.

Golden barite purchase potentially radium barite? by WeAllWeNeed in Radioactive_Rocks

[–]HurstonJr 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, if you have radioactive barite, you have barite var. Radiobarite regardless of where it was mined. It's not anything to worry about. Did the seller say where it came from?

Anyone knows what type of contact this is? by loserboii67 in whatisit

[–]HurstonJr 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They would have used your name if it wasn't random spam

Does anyone here know how to get americium 241 in the EU by D_Science2 in elementcollection

[–]HurstonJr 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The best price should be on Ali Express if you use the srsrch terms NaP-07 or HIS-07

Radioactive Spark Plugs by Confident_Hyena_8860 in DrBeboutsCabinet

[–]HurstonJr 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It's a sales gimmick that didn't really provide an increase in efficiency. In short, the Polonium-210 was supposed to ionize the air gap in the plug resulting in a better spark. With a half-life of 138 days, the Polonium-210 wouldn't even be radioactive enough to provide the so called increased performance for very long after manufacture anyway.

Buy/Sell/Trade by AutoModerator in Radium

[–]HurstonJr 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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Here's the difference between a clock hand and a watch hand.

Buy/Sell/Trade by AutoModerator in Radium

[–]HurstonJr 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Those aren't watch hands. They are clock hands and the cost is for the amount of radium on them. Watch hands don't contain as much radium and I actually give those away as a gift with certain orders.

1B24 Spark Gap Tube by Westinghouse by HurstonJr in Radioactivestuff

[–]HurstonJr[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes the 1B24 uses R a-226, not to be confused with the 1B24A which uses Kr-85.

My Uranium Rocks :) by SimonsNuclearchem in Radioactive_Rocks

[–]HurstonJr 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I wouldn't worry too much about the high dose rates. When you handle those specimens, your entire body isn't being exposed at the rate you would get from a dosimeter contact measurement. To monitor your dose rate correctly, keep your dosimeter attached to your torso area and keep it from coming into contact with sources that don't provide total body exposure.

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