Re: Uses of radioactivity

[michael_coogen@hq.dla.mil]

In reference to one of your questions; TROXLER ELECTRONIC LABORATORIES AND 
SUBSIDARY located at 3008 Cornwallis Road at Alexander Drive, Research Triangle 
Park, North Carolina 27709; Phone (919) 549-8661 manufacttured or distributor a 
3400-B Series Surface Mositure-Density Guage containing nominal 8 millicuries of
Cesium-137 and a nominal 40 millicuries of Americium-241;Berryllium.  You might 
want to contact them and request a copy of the operating manual.  mike coogen 
sends
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Subject: Uses of radioactivity
Author:  radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu at Internet
Date:    8/27/97 9:18 AM


     
Can someone suggest a good reference on industrial uses of radioactivity, and 
how different methods work? Examples would be how a soil density/moisture gauge 
works and is used, the principle and use of static eliminators on assembly 
lines, et cetera. The uses I'm primarily seeking explanations for are industrial
and commercial uses, not laboratory or medical uses.
     
Suggestions, costs, and purchasing sources would be appreciated.
     
Incidentally, a reference like this might be of general interest in explaining 
to the anti-nuclear crowd that the benefits of radioactive materials are not 
limited to nuclear power plants, or even to medical uses.
     
Mike Broderick
MikeBinOK@aol.com