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Radium clock/watch safety? Radon specifically

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Bonds 25:
Of course they will be shaped like a banana. The peel will mechanically go up and down at set intervals depending on area banana level concentrations. When the peel is fully retracted, it will go into alarm, the exposed banana will light up and Family Guy's "Peanut Butter Jelly Time" jingle will play.

Marlin:


Banana equivalent dose(Noun) the radiation dose equivalent of consuming an average banana, equal to 0.01 mrem or 0.1 u03BCSv.

RDTroja:
I am just proud of myself for figuring out he was a pilot before I got to that part...

I once body counted an individual and when I saw the results I said 'Oh... had a banana for breakfast today' and he pretty much freaked out. He thought my machine could read his mind.

SpikeMe:
Hi, I know the post is a bit old but still of interest (at least to me).
I possess one of these old clocks too. It's a 60s alarm clock that I recently tested for radiation with a geiger and there's definitely radium on the dials. However well-enclosed the clock may be and how there's no damage, there still could have been radon gas escaping from it and accumulating in my bedroom where I was storing it. I read some of the references cited by Rennhack, It is true that if you keep it at a distance, the radiation from the object can't reach you but do you think the university experiment cited by the OP is of no value ? What happens if you let this thing in a 85 sq Ft room (although with a trickle vent), wouldn't it accumulate radon up to dangerous levels ?

RDTroja:

--- Quote from: SpikeMe on Oct 16, 2020, 05:02 ---Hi, I know the post is a bit old but still of interest (at least to me).
I possess one of these old clocks too. It's a 60s alarm clock that I recently tested for radiation with a geiger and there's definitely radium on the dials. However well-enclosed the clock may be and how there's no damage, there still could have been radon gas escaping from it and accumulating in my bedroom where I was storing it. I read some of the references cited by Rennhack, It is true that if you keep it at a distance, the radiation from the object can't reach you but do you think the university experiment cited by the OP is of no value ? What happens if you let this thing in a 85 sq Ft room (although with a trickle vent), wouldn't it accumulate radon up to dangerous levels ?

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Short answer: No.
Longer Answer: No way.
Still longer answer: Not a chance.

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