The most concern is not Beta which is stopped by glass vial, but bremsstrahlung X-ray which is generated when energetic electron (beta) is stopped in the glass/polymer surface or hit other materials like phosphor etc. This X-ray in common vials is about 10 times stronger than background. So it is not that much, but is noticeable. I think in the watch with strong thick case it is safe, but some big vials with trithium needs to be measured by low energy x-ray detectors, not ordinary Geiger counter with tube designed for gamma ...
The beta radiation from tritium is extremely weak. The amount of bremsstrahlung generated would be so small for something like a compass or keyfob, it would be basically impossible to detect unless one had extremely sensitive lab based scintillation detectors. Consider that this radiation is so weak, it can barely generate simple visible light from a phosphor.
@@PointyTailofSatan My 2 oridianry detectors with easy detect this amount of gamma, and is not that super weak. 1cm from small marker vial is more than 10x of background...
@@PointyTailofSatan 10 times of background is still weak, but is very noticeable. You don't understand what I wrote here. Are you measure (what kind of equipment ?) and study this yourself or only You did read something somwhere ?
You will need a mica window geiger counter to properly detect the beta coming out of tritium. Tritium beta is very low energy and entirely blocked by its own capsule but sometimes will emit just as weak x-rays when the electrons come to a halt. These x-rays can't even make it through the plastic casing or the glass of the geiger tube, and if you put a tritium capsule inside the device right up against the tube you will get maybe 0.3 uSv/h. A mica window geiger counter will be able to detect up to 1-1.5 uSv/h and is much more sensitive to these tritium emissions.
That makes sense... heck, the normal variations in the background radiation levels are probably larger than the radiation spike from the Tritium proximity.
I have ordered a tritium tube from aliexpress and when measured with my Gamma Scout geoger counter, i get about 8 microsievert when hed next to the geiger tube. I would never wear tritium on a watch. Although it‘s probably not very bad. It‘s just not natural and also because its 24/7 and the cells dont get time to eepair the DNA. Go visit chernobyl. No Problem. But i‘d be careful with tritium
Tbh it's so Goddamm negligible it's not even funny. Between stellar and cosmic radiation it's a drop in a bucket. Granted microwave radiation is non-ionizing, but still. It's tritium, not radium. People need to chill. One can bring up the radiation causes cancer, but radiation is also the leading treatment for cancer. Also there are people who have a plutonium pacemaker INSIDE their body. Radiation has been really demonized. Sure it'd not a toy and you have to be careful as radiation sickness is awful. But unless you're near a nuclear bomb, a patient of Therac-25, or breathing in caesium from a blown up reactor you'll likely be fine.
Tritium is also produced in nature from cosmic rays via the atmosphere. It is also an effluent from all nuclear power plants. It can be found everywhere in trace amounts.
@@ForbiddTV 12.3y actually. my point is merely that the cosmic ray spallation induced neutron absorption of atmospheric nitrogen is very uncommon and thus the product, tritium is fantastically rare, with but a few kilograms naturally occurring worldwide.
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It is not tritium that glows, instead the phosphors that are being excited by the tritium glow in a process called radioluminescence. What you then need to take into consideration is that Bremsstrahlung can be formed. Bremsstrahlung equals x-rays.
And.... the Geiger Counter doesn't detect X-rays. Ok, now what? The folly of thinking that all "radiation" is equally measured by one unit is something I have questioned for a long time.
They say that eating a banana has significantly more radiation exposure by way of a tiny percentage of the K being a Potassium isotope that is radioactive, in all soil and therefore all bananas. I wrote this while watching, and directly after you mention the banana thing.
Is it possible for you to measure the radiation level of mobile phone devices, TV, computer, car, refrigerator as well? Maybe you could also test on people who have been drinking the local tap water. Who knows on what you are drinking it without knowing the water is radiated. Because the people in Fukushima are quite concerned, and they are currently curious. 🤔 In considering that there are some radiant people, who glow beautifully....perhaps the local water is safe. Also, I think I saw one RU-vid video of one researcher doing research on the bones using the pig bones sucked up or neutralized maybe the tritium. 🤗🤭
Electronics do not produce nuclear radiation, which is what his Geiger counter measures. Alpha, Beta, and Gamma. The kind of "radiation" emitted by electronics is long-wave electromagnetic (radio and microwaves). VERY high power antennas can heat the water in your body with radio, but low power devices are safe
I like the tritium idea. However, like you said, after it degrades at around 12 years and then it stops glowing. $100 for a compass that stops glowing in 12 years..... I'm debating if its worth buying one.
Tritium has a half-life of about 12 years which is true, but at 12 years, glow from the Tritium and Phosphor will be half of what it was originally, then 12 years later, half again and so on...
Hydrogen is so light that tiny amount will be gone in a second. However, if it broke in your mouth and you breathed it in your lungs that might be a concern but it is only a very small amount and would most likely be exhaled in the next few breaths you took.
Not sure, but I don't think it will make a difference. The levels were so low, it didn't even register. Might need a much more costly and precise unit to read these levels.
That's true... but not sure if there is really any more than normal background levels... it was not enough to register on this device. I would be more concerned about that uber high frequency E M F coming off those nifty new 5 G towers. Different type of "radiation", vastly higher amplitude, and way less available research indicating long term consequences.
😂 low energy beta. 5.7 KeV 🤷♂️ you won’t pick up low energy beta on a meter unless you have an absolute F@ck ton! Liquide scintillation would be the measurement.
You are wasting your time. The beta radiation from tritium can't even penetrate a couple of sheets of paper. So it has zero chance of getting through the plastic and metal of a compass or rifle scope. You are probably picking up radioactivity from the steel used to make the gun.
Unless you break the tiny glass tube, you will never be exposed to the tritium in those objects. And unless you're a real tin foil hat wearer, you'll find the beta radiation from tritium is blocked by 1/4" of AIR or by the outermost layer of dead skin. Not to say clickbait, but this topic is like asking whether water really is wet.
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