John Lambies Doos Posted February 13, 2018 Author Share Posted February 13, 2018 They get absorbed by the air within a few centimetres and by the alarm structure itself. All you get is a tiny amount of helium in the air.http://firewize.com/node/24 Cheers, but why don't you inhale these particles when changing alarm? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Lambies Doos Posted February 13, 2018 Author Share Posted February 13, 2018 Check oot Bertie Boffin, there. Anyway, whats this all about? Is JLD having a tin foil hat "the smoke alarm is out to get me" moment? Not really it's just when I changed battery I noticed they were radioactive. This came as a surprise so was curious Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 1 minute ago, John Lambies Doos said: 19 minutes ago, welshbairn said: They get absorbed by the air within a few centimetres and by the alarm structure itself. All you get is a tiny amount of helium in the air.http://firewize.com/node/24 Cheers, but why don't you inhale these particles when changing alarm? Worst that would happen is you might get a squeaky voice if you stick your face right in it for ages (not really). There's a tiny amount compared to normal background radiation that you're taking in all the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Lambies Doos Posted February 13, 2018 Author Share Posted February 13, 2018 Worst that would happen is you might get a squeaky voice if you stick your face right in it for ages (not really). There's a tiny amount compared to normal background radiation that you're taking in all the time. OK, but they say the source is extremely dangerous is inhaled or ingested? So surely you must be inhaling when changing alarm? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 Just now, John Lambies Doos said: 2 minutes ago, welshbairn said: Worst that would happen is you might get a squeaky voice if you stick your face right in it for ages (not really). There's a tiny amount compared to normal background radiation that you're taking in all the time. OK, but they say the source is extremely dangerous is inhaled or ingested? So surely you must be inhaling when changing alarm? Read the link I posted. Quote Even swallowing the radioactive material from a smoke detector would not lead to significant internal absorption of Am-241, since the dioxide is insoluble. It will pass through the digestive tract, without delivering a significant radiation dose. (Americium-241 is however a potentially dangerous isotope if it is taken into the body in soluble form. It decays by both alpha activity and gamma emissions and it would concentrate in the skeleton.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 2 minutes ago, John Lambies Doos said: OK, but they say the source is extremely dangerous is inhaled or ingested? So surely you must be inhaling when changing alarm? Have a go and get back to us later in the day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugster Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 3 minutes ago, John Lambies Doos said: 5 minutes ago, welshbairn said: Worst that would happen is you might get a squeaky voice if you stick your face right in it for ages (not really). There's a tiny amount compared to normal background radiation that you're taking in all the time. OK, but they say the source is extremely dangerous is inhaled or ingested? So surely you must be inhaling when changing alarm? I think you've been inhaling something all right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Lambies Doos Posted February 13, 2018 Author Share Posted February 13, 2018 OK, so I opened it all up and there is a small bit, size of grain of sugar underneath the shield. It's soft to touch and smells like chicken. Any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 Just now, John Lambies Doos said: OK, so I opened it all up and there is a small bit, size of grain of sugar underneath the shield. It's soft to touch and smells like chicken. Any ideas? Bit of white wine sauce and a cheeky chardonnay? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Lambies Doos Posted February 13, 2018 Author Share Posted February 13, 2018 Bit of white wine sauce and a cheeky chardonnay? Tempting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 1 minute ago, John Lambies Doos said: 1 minute ago, Melanius Mullarkey said: Bit of white wine sauce and a cheeky chardonnay? Tempting Do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Moonster Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 16 minutes ago, John Lambies Doos said: Not really it's just when I changed battery I noticed they were radioactive. This came as a surprise so was curious Wait till you start looking at the microwave! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Lambies Doos Posted February 13, 2018 Author Share Posted February 13, 2018 I'm not feeling too well tbh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Blades Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 I'm not feeling too well tbh Good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo Jagsfan Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 Due to the background radiation from granite, are people from Aberdeen not at risk? Has this radiation already turned everyone from Aberdeen into mutants? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 Just now, Jimbo Jagsfan said: Due to the background radiation from granite, are people from Aberdeen not at risk? Has this radiation already turned everyone from Aberdeen into mutants? Yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helpma Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 31 minutes ago, John Lambies Doos said: OK, so I opened it all up and there is a small bit, size of grain of sugar underneath the shield. It's soft to touch and smells like chicken. Any ideas? Well, if you get your hands on a couple of billion more smoke detectors, you could combine all the Americium together and build an atomic bomb. So I believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Lambies Doos Posted February 13, 2018 Author Share Posted February 13, 2018 Due to the background radiation from granite, are people from Aberdeen not at risk? Has this radiation already turned everyone from Aberdeen into mutants? What if you ingest granite, ie from the local soil when picking your carrots? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Lambies Doos Posted February 13, 2018 Author Share Posted February 13, 2018 Well, if you get your hands on a couple of billion more smoke detectors, you could combine all the Americium together and build an atomic bomb. So I believe. Is amercium the source. Ie that's what's trapped in the shield? That's what they don't want you to ingest? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helpma Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 Yes, the alpha particles emitted by the Americium ionise the air which allows a small current to flow between two electrodes on the smoke detector. If smoke particles are present, they disrupt the current, trigger an alarm and the smoke detector tells you that your toast is cooked. Just think, you have in your house a man-made element that doesn't occur naturally on Earth. Science is great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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