[ RadSafe ] Fwd: Fwd: Which welding rods are hot?
franz.schoenhofer at chello.at
franz.schoenhofer at chello.at
Tue Nov 6 10:33:16 CST 2012
Chris,
Without any doubt you are correct - but did you consider the range of gamma-rays? Obviously not. Anyway thanks to a US-citizen for a civilized answer to a stupid European (this seems to be my impression on RADSAFE)!
Best wishes!
Franz
---- Chris Alston <achris1999 at gmail.com> schrieb:
> Hi Franz
>
> Yes, quite true. But, it is not a gas.
>
> Cheers
> cja
>
>
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> From: <franz.schoenhofer at chello.at>
> Date: Tue, Nov 6, 2012 at 8:15 AM
> Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] Fwd: Which welding rods are hot?
> To: "The International Radiation Protection (Health Physics)
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> Cc: Chris Alston <achris1999 at gmail.com>
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>
> Chris,
>
> You forget that thorium is also radioactive.
>
> Franz
>
>
>
>
> ---- Chris Alston <achris1999 at gmail.com> schrieb:
> > Hi Stewart
> >
> > Thing is, thoron (radon-220) has a 55-second half-life. So, probably
> > only the tiniest quantities can escape the rod, from its very surface.
> >
> > Cheers
> > cja
> >
> >
> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > From: Stewart Farber <safarber at optonline.net>
> > Date: Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 4:27 PM
> > Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] Which welding rods are hot?
> > To: "The International Radiation Protection (Health Physics)
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> >
> >
> > TIG welding rods. Labeled 3% thoria by weight. Quite a source. I've
> > been to some welding supply houses to get LN2 which have thousands of
> > lbs of these TIG rods on shelves behind the counter. Think of the
> > employees Rn-220 inhalation !
> >
> >
> > Stewart Farber, MS Public Health
> > Farber Medical Solutions, LLC
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