RE: Smoke Alarms & Photon Beams Don't Mix

[David_S_Hyder@RL.gov]

Mike is correct, smoke decreases the current.  Try this link:

http://www.howstuffworks.com/smoke.htm

David Hyder
Health Physicist
(509) 373-9652
David_S_Hyder@rl.gov
Hanford's Facility Evaluation Board

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Michael McNaughton [SMTP:mcnaught@lanl.gov]
> Sent:	Monday, February 14, 2000 3:25 PM
> To:	Multiple recipients of list
> Subject:	RE: Smoke Alarms & Photon Beams Don't Mix
> 
> At 05:10 PM 2/14/00 -0600, you wrote:
> >the ionization of smokey air is different from clear air.
> >Therefore, anything that ionizes the air in the chamber will set it off.
> 
> I think the smoke particles attract ions, and so decrease the current -
> the
> device alarms when there are fewer ions ... so now I am puzzled.
> 
> mike
> Mike McNaughton
> email: mcnaught@LANL.gov or mcnaughton@LANL.gov
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