On Friday 03 March 2006 17:56, jdow wrote:
>From: "Kelson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
>> jdow wrote:
>>> And of course, when reading BAYES_99 pronouncements one must ALWAYS
>>> be aware that YMMV in big glowing radioactive Cherenkov Radiation
>>> Blue letters is always presumed. Matt's note above proves it.
>>
>> Finally, a use for HTML in email!
>>
>> Though I'm not sure beta-particle-induced phosphorescence quite
>> stacks up next to Cherenkov radiation...
>
>Having seen the latter there is NO comparison. Seeing a large lump of
>"object" at the bottom of a large pool sitting there glowing quietly
>in an unearthly blue is quite an experience. (And as a "Unified
> Science" tracked engineering student at Univ of Mich the class all
> did this as part of the Physical Chemistry course in semester 4. That
> was an experience I'm not going to forget soon.)
Humm, I wonder how long the leaves in the alpha badge stayed up?
I've not had that pleasure (of seeing cherenkov radiation) myself
anyplace but in a telescope image, but I did handle a bar of uranium
several times, using only some potholder mitts that weighed about 6-7
lbs each. That was in 1947 at the Iowa State Fair where the AEC had
set up a promo tent down in the middle of the horsetrack. They
normally kept it in a lead casket that probably weighed a ton or so,
and had live geiger counters all over the place, Pick it up out of the
casket and all the counters around sounded like ripping canvas.
Since I was only 12 at the time, its weight did impress me as it was
obviously heavier than I thought a lead bar that size would be, about
50 pounds counting the potholders. Thinking back on that, I hung
around thinking it was cool, but probably got more than a years dose in
that 4 days I made it to the fair. And amazingly, I'm still around,
not that it makes any great difference to anybody but me. Next year
they didn't bring it, just the paper propaganda promoting atomic
energy. Safety considerations I was told when I asked. Yeah sure.
>{^_-} Joanne
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