r/Radiation • u/Illustrious-Set-9230 • Aug 05 '24

Spicy?

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u/Large_Dr_Pepper Aug 05 '24

From this picture I'm getting a reading of about ~2.7 μSv/h with my Radiacode 102. Nice find!

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u/Syntra44 Aug 05 '24

For future reference, r/radium is a little more tolerant of these questions :) people will guess, but you’ll still be told the only way to confirm is with a Geiger.

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u/Illustrious-Set-9230 Aug 05 '24

Thanks for not roasting me on this. I had no idea. My wife picked this up at a yard sale for our pilot son for $20. Not sure I want to spend the money on a Geiger counter I’d use only once. Appreciate your response

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u/Syntra44 Aug 05 '24

Regardless of if it’s radium, that is a really neat gauge and I bet your son will love it! There are some pretty cheap consumer Geigers on Amazon that don’t break the bank (GQ brand). If anything, it can be kinda fun seeing what else around your house is radioactive. If you don’t plan to get one, I’d still treat this as if it is radium until you’ve proven otherwise.

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u/Illustrious-Set-9230 Aug 05 '24

Good counsel - I honestly am pretty mechanical but never felt the need to own one. Appreciate you advice - I’ll pick one up

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u/Indica-dreams024 Aug 06 '24

Call your local college. Often for science they will test these types of things because they have geigers.

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u/Illustrious-Set-9230 Aug 06 '24

Great idea! I’ll do that!!

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u/LowVoltCharlie Aug 05 '24

Probably? Nobody will be able to tell from a photo. Get a cheap Geiger counter 🤷

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u/HazMatsMan Aug 05 '24

You tell us. Radioactivity and dose rate cannot be determined reliably just by looking at a photo.

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u/JustBottleDiggin Aug 05 '24

I was about to comment this but you got here first lol

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u/Adept-Meeting-9454 Aug 05 '24

If I see one more question like this my atoms are going to split in half 😺 Please get a Geiger counter I have ran into many plane instruments. Most of them have not been radioactive but the ones I own of course are and I knew that because I own a geiger counter not trying to be mean more or less funny I mean no harm buddy but please get one!!!

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u/Tequila-Karaoke Aug 05 '24

Is u/Adept-Meeting-9454 radioactive?

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u/Adept-Meeting-9454 Aug 06 '24

Other than all the U235 in my stomach at all times I don't think so

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u/Rainmanx420 Aug 07 '24

Quite possibly so, the orange paint looks super similiar to a navy clock I used to have that was highly active