PrepHole is awful and PrepHole is the biggist dunning kruger magnet on the internet just behind reddlt. Honestly I'd find the chepist, shittiest Geiger counter made in china and post on /misc/ how China makes the most cost effective geiger counter on the planet and the west loses again and just... let it happen.
What non professional use does a gamma ray detector have? You can build your own but the cost driver is sensitivity. You can get a personal dose meter for something like 30 bucks.
>Checking for irradiated food
Gamma rays are a pass through contaminant. Most meat in the USA is actually exposed to radiation--by law--in order to "cross state lines"
it's called "cold pasteurization" >Avoiding dangerous areas
You're in more danger from cell towers than any other form of radiation--especially gamma radiation. >Personal safety
this is why the dose meter was created.
For clarity: a gamma ray is a "high energy" un paired photon. The biggest danger of gamma radiation is that it breaks down DNA and/or helps introduce mutations into DNA--99% of "evolution" can be explained by cyclic exposure of earth to gamma radiation from celestial events.
Gamma radiation is a pass-through radiation so if something has been exposed to gamma bombardment you won't see residual radiation in the thing it passed through.
>Gamma rays are a pass through contaminant. Most meat in the USA is actually exposed to radiation--by law--in order to "cross state lines"
it's called "cold pasteurization"
Radioactive dust may pass via closed windows and settle on the food items. I need to double check everything before eating.
>You're in more danger from cell towers than any other form of radiation--especially gamma radiation.
If only you knew how bad things really going to be
>The biggest danger of gamma radiation is that it breaks down DNA and/or helps introduce mutations into DNA
The biggest danger of radiation is total destruction of bone marrow and a shutdown of immune system.
If you're anywhere near the amount of radiation required to brake down internal organs you wouldn't need a detector--you'd be next to a nuclear reactor core breach or within visual range of a detonation.
Cold pasteurization doesn't leave a residue. if you're near something that can leave radioactive dust: clean food is the last thing I'd worry about. You'd die from exposure long before you'd die from whatever was on your food.
Also, again, gamma isn't persistent. If dust was "radioactive" it would more likely be alpha or beta radition so a Geiger counter wouldn't actually detect it.
Look up radioactive Drew on youtube. The guy really knows his Tech and buys the stuff rather than just simply for people who give him stuff. He explains all the positives and drawbacks of each detector and how they work.
Get one designed to detect surface contamination and that can detect alpha.
Sure, every isotope that generate alphas also generate gamma, but you don't want to rely on that for anything you will drink or eat.
When you go into Old Mines the radiation to detecting in the air is generally from radon or it's daughter Adams after they've adhered to your clothing. That stuff is very short-lived and goes away in just a few days. The two detectors you mentioned don't actually discern between mere surface contamination and endemic properties of a rock or mineral
Is something about to happen?
Yeah
How long do we have?
Two months
Damn I was hoping for tomorrow
I recommend the tech board
PrepHole is awful and PrepHole is the biggist dunning kruger magnet on the internet just behind reddlt. Honestly I'd find the chepist, shittiest Geiger counter made in china and post on /misc/ how China makes the most cost effective geiger counter on the planet and the west loses again and just... let it happen.
they don't know about any hardware beyond thinkpads and iphones. I bet even /x/ would have better recommendations.
What non professional use does a gamma ray detector have? You can build your own but the cost driver is sensitivity. You can get a personal dose meter for something like 30 bucks.
https://www.campingsurvival.com/products/radtriage50-personal-radiation-dosimeter?currency=USD&variant=39939047260269&utm_medium=cpc&utm_source=google&utm_campaign=Google%20Shopping&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI9pLX8oXd_wIVUjqtBh2gwgDPEAQYAiABEgJoKPD_BwE
>What non professional use does a gamma ray detector have?
1. Checking water/food for contamination
2. Avoiding dangerous areas
3. Personal safety
>Checking for irradiated food
Gamma rays are a pass through contaminant. Most meat in the USA is actually exposed to radiation--by law--in order to "cross state lines"
it's called "cold pasteurization"
>Avoiding dangerous areas
You're in more danger from cell towers than any other form of radiation--especially gamma radiation.
>Personal safety
this is why the dose meter was created.
For clarity: a gamma ray is a "high energy" un paired photon. The biggest danger of gamma radiation is that it breaks down DNA and/or helps introduce mutations into DNA--99% of "evolution" can be explained by cyclic exposure of earth to gamma radiation from celestial events.
Gamma radiation is a pass-through radiation so if something has been exposed to gamma bombardment you won't see residual radiation in the thing it passed through.
>Gamma rays are a pass through contaminant. Most meat in the USA is actually exposed to radiation--by law--in order to "cross state lines"
it's called "cold pasteurization"
Radioactive dust may pass via closed windows and settle on the food items. I need to double check everything before eating.
>You're in more danger from cell towers than any other form of radiation--especially gamma radiation.
If only you knew how bad things really going to be
>The biggest danger of gamma radiation is that it breaks down DNA and/or helps introduce mutations into DNA
The biggest danger of radiation is total destruction of bone marrow and a shutdown of immune system.
If you're anywhere near the amount of radiation required to brake down internal organs you wouldn't need a detector--you'd be next to a nuclear reactor core breach or within visual range of a detonation.
Cold pasteurization doesn't leave a residue. if you're near something that can leave radioactive dust: clean food is the last thing I'd worry about. You'd die from exposure long before you'd die from whatever was on your food.
Also, again, gamma isn't persistent. If dust was "radioactive" it would more likely be alpha or beta radition so a Geiger counter wouldn't actually detect it.
>it would more likely be alpha or beta radition so a Geiger counter wouldn't actually detect it.
Anything that will cheaper 150$?
Dose meters usually work on Alpha, Beta and Gamma. They're like 30 bucks.
>The need to know more intensifies.jpg
sooooooooo, what do you know that the rest of us don't?
if you are asking PrepHole then you are a moron and will not survive the first 48 minutes.
>if you are asking PrepHole then you are a moron and will not survive the first 48 minutes.
Whom should I ask then?
>what do you know that the rest of us don't?
Uranus in Taurus
How does free sound?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kearny_fallout_meter
Not the sort of thing to cheap out on if youre using it for personal safety
You'd have to end up living inside one of these mines for prolonged period before that becomes an issue or if you're incredibly stupid eating some ore
Look up radioactive Drew on youtube. The guy really knows his Tech and buys the stuff rather than just simply for people who give him stuff. He explains all the positives and drawbacks of each detector and how they work.
Get one designed to detect surface contamination and that can detect alpha.
Sure, every isotope that generate alphas also generate gamma, but you don't want to rely on that for anything you will drink or eat.
When you go into Old Mines the radiation to detecting in the air is generally from radon or it's daughter Adams after they've adhered to your clothing. That stuff is very short-lived and goes away in just a few days. The two detectors you mentioned don't actually discern between mere surface contamination and endemic properties of a rock or mineral
>daughter Adams
Man made horrors beyond our comprehension