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It’s already here, been for decades in the form of your ionization smoke detector. It contains Americium, a radioactive element.
by flandish 3y ago
It’s already here, been for decades in the form of your ionization smoke detector.
It contains Americium, a radioactive element.
- dtgriscom 3y agoBut nowhere near as much as the proposed battery.
- kragen 3y agoalso tritium keychains, thorium gas lanterns, uranium-glazed fiestaware, uranium glass, uranium-glazed tiles, antistatic phonograph record cleaning brushes, thoriated camera lenses, thorium-oxide negative-ion generator bracelets, and radium-dial watches. some of these are dangerously radioactive and/or consumable, most are not
- r0ckarong 3y agoI've heard of some of those and I'm not aware that any of these are actively marketed in any relevant quantity anymore.
- kragen 3y agotritium keychains, americium smoke detectors, and antistatic phonograph record cleaning brushes are. you might even be able to find thoria gas lantern mantles
- petee 3y agoAlthough not marketed for the public at large, thoriated TIG welding rods are still a thing, and widely available too. They are consumable, and they need to be ground down to profile for use.
- dtgriscom 3y agoFor those of us not in the know: https://orau.org/health-physics-museum/collection/consumer/products-containing-thorium/welding-rod.html https://orau.org/health-physics-museum/collection/consumer/p...
- haarts 3y agoNone of these are sold anymore in the country where I live. They are all optical nowadays.
- flandish 3y agoHere in the US we use both (three types really) for different scenarios; they both have benefits in terms of “quickness” to detect smoke, fire, or heat. Source: am firefighter