[Milsurplus] Radium

[J. Forster]

Right.

What you'll have to do is use a detector and Multi Channel Pulse Height 
Analyzer to do a spectrum now and ID each isotope and its quantity, then
backfigure to WW II, using the isotope specific half-lives, for each
detected species. There could even be very short-lived stuff than cannot
even be seen above background any more.

Best,

-John

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> -----Original Message-----
>>From: Robert Flory <robandpj at earthlink.net>
>>Subject: [Milsurplus] Radium
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>>...looking into radiation from the Navy's US/AM Nancy receiver.
>>I'm looking for help with documenting exposure for the VA....
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> One positive aspect of heavy emitters is that they decay quickly
> (in relative terms, of course).
> When you make your measurements, don't forget the decay over
> time since he wore it.  A WWII TBY was much "hotter" in 1943
> than it is today.
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