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I don't doubt that lightning launches electrons at high speed. I doubt that those electrons can pass through a metal sheet at high speed and then immediately co
by rcthompson 10y ago
I don't doubt that lightning launches electrons at high speed. I doubt that those electrons can pass through a metal sheet at high speed and then immediately come to a stop on the other side before travelling the dozen or two feet across the plane and out the other side.
- pmalynin 10y agoPlus rapidly decelerating electrons produce x-rays.
- laughinghan 10y ago"For high atomic number materials, there is a chance of the beta particles loosing energy by producing some x-rays. In water, the x-ray production from a beta particle is quite miniscule." http://www.alpharubicon.com/basicnbc/RadiationPenetration.htm http://www.alpharubicon.com/basicnbc/RadiationPenetration.ht... By "high atomic number materials" they mean stuff like lead, 82. Aluminum is 13.
- InclinedPlane 10y agoYou didn't read the paper.
- laughinghan 10y agoThey can't maintain high speed for long. "The charge of the beta particle will continuously cause ionization along the path that it is traveling. Because of this, when a beta particle enters some material, it begins slowing down, and slows down continuously." Same link as above: http://www.alpharubicon.com/basicnbc/RadiationPenetration.htm http://www.alpharubicon.com/basicnbc/RadiationPenetration.ht...