Hello,
I want to try and activate gold. Can I try this arrangement as shown in the picture, or I have no chance, as it will not produce any neutrons?
Peter
activating gold
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Peter-1
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Sesselmann
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Re: activating gold
Peter,
It would be pretty cool if you could get that to work, but I very much doubt that 5 tiny Am sources will get you enough neutrons to measure let alone activate gold.
Check out the video by Carl Willis where he uses a Nuclespot Polonium source, significantly higher activity than a smoke detector.
https://youtu.be/RKyIm-o30GE
It would be pretty cool if you could get that to work, but I very much doubt that 5 tiny Am sources will get you enough neutrons to measure let alone activate gold.
Check out the video by Carl Willis where he uses a Nuclespot Polonium source, significantly higher activity than a smoke detector.
https://youtu.be/RKyIm-o30GE
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Geoff
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Re: activating gold
One Pyrotronics F3/5A has as much americium as ~90 modern smoke alarms.
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Conor Whyte
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Re: activating gold
The experiment by Carl Willis utilizes ~5-6mCi of Am241, and in several later videos he has it up to 8mCi. You need at least 2000 n/sec to start seeing any kind of activation products. - As stated above, I think the nuclespot Polonium 210 source is about the most feasible way of doing this yourself with out having to risk contamination by dissembling those older pyrotronics branded smoke detectors.
