Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] nuclear psub?

["Warrend Greenway" <dub@linuxmail.org>]

Yeah, speaking of cloud chamber...Scientific American had a hands-on article on exactly that,
years ago. Could be a fun.

Warren. 

> From: Warrend Greenway <dub@linuxmail.org>
> > I read about a kid in the news, years ago, who made a thermopile type
> "reactor" (not actually a reactor) from >fire alarms...............
> 
> I heard about this, too. I believe the isotope in those firealarms is
> Americium.
> ( I could be wrong ). They're supposed to have very short half-lives, but
> still
> dangerous to handle.
> 
> I thought about putting one from those firealarms into a homemade
> cloudchamber.
> 
> --Steve
> 
> 

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