Make ☢️Radiation☢️ VISIBLE

Cloud chambers are nobel prize winning devices that make otherwise invisible radiation visible and they're incredibly simple to build.
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[@thethoughtemporium]

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[@_vla]

Do a timelapse of a banana in there till it pops something.

[@sus3768]

Uranium rod add uranium rod

[@schizophreniagaming1187]

put the demon core inside it

[@michicon5758]

Do it with a smartphone, so people would finally know a smartphone's radiation level. Since a lot of people still believe 5G causes cancer 😐

[@CHIPSPINNING911]

Alpha rays huh? Can I ask something? Which of them are the worst to humans? alpharays (who are the ,,least resistant"), betarays ( who are like gamma but they don't pass aluminum) or gammarays

[@geoeira]

i've always imagined radioactive like area damage but it's actually a micro bullet firing thing that's even more awesome

[@awkwardartist1391]

Me too!

[@lower47]

Its like granade fragmentation?

[@lmaofgoogle]

​@@lower47 If you are asking a question, he means that he imagined radiatiation area of effect as bubble rather then something that shoots things

[@davidbischi]

well, as usual there is some ambiguation. just as with light. besides that, with enough time / strength it can be generalized into waves-like. this would be done for e.g. exposure calculation.

[@DisDatK9]

​@@lower47 more like a minigun that fires a large amount of rounds in random directions. Or I guess the fragmentation metaphor could work if you imagined the grenade going off countless times.

[@horselover8851]

“From Amazon that turned out to be radioactive” is not something I thought I’d ever hear

[@Kino_Cartoon]

Amazon employees:" First day hm?" But in all seriousness they should protect their workers and treat them better in any case.

[@thorticus1047]

​@@Kino_Cartoon since when

[@Kino_Cartoon]

@@thorticus1047 oh shoot I forgot the word *"should"* my bad

[@420inmysystem69]

@@Kino_Cartoonbro i saw your pfp and thought it was soyjak, look it up if you dont know what it is. I promise it looks just like your pfp from a distance 😂

[@Kino_Cartoon]

@@420inmysystem69 fair enough it does look like it from afar XD. I drew this when I was like 14 and never changed it. It kinda makes me nostalgic when I'm being honest.

[@swedneck]

Honestly there should just be a permanent livestream of one of these chambers, imagine just casually having this in the background and you suddenly see it light up with trails and it turns out you just witnessed some interesting event!

[@gazzat5]

Train a camera on it and use some opencv to do some tracking of the trails and you'd have a decent source of entropy/random number seed

[@lionlol]

@@gazzat5 I think Cloudflare does this with lava lamps.

[@dsandoval9396]

I want to make my own cloud chamber but i just don't have the time. I even have most of the materials including the 99% IPA.

[@Jason9637]

​@@gazzat5 Cloudflare actually uses radioactive decay for some of their random numbers. It's also the best possible source of randomness, due to quantum mechanics. (They also use a camera for lava lamps / a triple pendulum at some of their other data centers)

[@Jwellsuhhuh]

Even better, those thin streaks are actually only alpha particles, but once in a while you might see a thick streak which is likely a beta plus or beta minus decay particle

[@hzmicide1738]

The fact that they were able to sell something that was mislabeled and RADIOACTIVE on Amazon is absolutely insane.

[@Dak3]

They stopped selling thorium coated mantles in the 90s.

[@fungdark8270]

@@Dak3he means the “negative ion pendant”

[@jeffgrey1566]

How is it dangerous? I guess you’re afraid of the sun.

[@ezragylamvar]

Lemme guess. Those coins were forged in Asgard@@Dak3

[@schlomoshekelstein908]

@@Dak3 lol no they didn't. most people don't like the new yttrium mantles and dont think they put out as much light. they still sell thorium mantles and people seek them out. i bought a 20pack

[@DUHRIZEO]

Seeing the way it rapidly cuts through the air was incredible. Really puts a visual to how it can rip through our DNA.

[@saturnslastring]

Yes. They're actually moving at about 5% of the speed of light.

[@idk1147]

@@joshhickson7551 bruh thats 54 million kms per hour ☠️

[@Jeffrey_van_der_Post]

Alpha particles go around 5-10% the speed of light and 5% is indeed 53962642 km per hour.

[@saturnslastring]

@@Jeffrey_van_der_Post uh, thanks for checking the math. 👍

[@goutam-007]

Very dangerous indeed

[@shayminthedoctor9663]

It is interesting how a banana still produces a few trails. Bananas are very, very slightly radioactive due to having trace amounts of Potassium 40 in them

[@Crimsomreaf5555]

But in the end they are somehow good for you

[@GewelReal]

@@Crimsomreaf5555 radiation is all around us

[@staticostrich4689]

There's an ambient amount of radiation too, like from the sun and stuff. It was most likely that.

[@jafogx]

And according to an experiment by explosions&fire ripe, dark spotted bananas have more potassium in them than green or yellow bananas. Don’t remember if he found that bananas turn something else into potassium as it ripens or if the potassium just migrates from the peel to the fruit, but it was pretty cool nevertheless!

[@ashleesmith580]

​@@jafogx that is cool! How interesting.

[@paulolucero9864]

"A banana produces no trails-" **A single trail comes of the banana at that exact moment**

[@seek9903]

thats why he said almost

[@anastasisparastatidis5479]

I saw 3 trails

[@Dough_Fruit_V2]

Bananas are radioactive btw lol

[@JuicyBurger29]

@@Dough_Fruit_V2beat me to it lok

[@Dough_Fruit_V2]

@@JuicyBurger29 Banana fruit

[@GlorifiedGremlin]

This is genuinely one of the coolest science demonstrations I've ever seen on youtube. Being able to actually see tiny radioactive particles making real, physical changes on their environment is just incredible

[@sakurasfish2115]

Same i was always curious about why radioactive materials are so dangerous, it sounded like magic to me. And as I haven't received any science education just reading why or the actual explanation didn't say much to me. As you said it's so cool seeing here the particles being shoot and i can picture them going through a body like tiny bullets messing up it's particle structure, genetic material or whatever.

[@animedude1690]

Lool, dude, i've seen your comment fired under some YTshort just yesterday and now you're here, the comment was ~2 yrs ago and it was about some school project where you had to do smth probably, it reall stuck with me for a moment and then i found you in the comment section, what a coincidence...

[@kylehoward4636]

I know that this happens but actually seeing it is very sobering. If all radioactive substances were like this people would be much more careful with things.

[@lerikhkl]

The inventor, Charles Thomas Rees Wilson won a Nobel Prize for this invention! Several particles have been found using a cloud chamber as well!

[@Edie_Had]

The "banana for scale" is pure gold

[@stevenn1940]

It did have trails though which was neat

[@Sleepy_Joe]

Because of the small amount of radioactive isotope of potassium

[@Edie_Had]

@@Sleepy_Joe true

[@Dubstequtie]

It wasn't for scale.. it was for the rumor that bananas will kill you cause radiation even though it's so small it really doesn't matter..

[@heyapoc]

​@@stevenn1940 apparently I need glasses cuz I didn't see any at all. Watched three times after reading this too. Lol

[@JustinC._]

Radiation is one of the most terrifying hazards known to man, you can't see it, smell it or taste it. It is known that during the Chernobyl disaster some victims experienced a phenomenon known as "radiation euphoria". It happens when someone is subjected to a large dose of radiation under a short amount of time. Some described it as feeling powerful and able to do anything, but it only lasted for a short amount of time before the symptoms of radiation sickness took its place.

[@maryamchannel3566]

9 likes and no reply Lemme fix that😂😂

[@JustinC._]

@@maryamchannel3566 that is greatly appreciated.

[@dr._breens_beard]

So it DOES give superpowers.. until it gives u super cancer

[@locdog187]

Latent phase

[@TURBOMIKEIFY]

So. We do turn into Spider-Man or Captain America when pumped with radiation. Gonna jump in a nuclear reactor. BRB.

[@yoshitheonly]

The banana farting a singular trail really does it for me lol

[@joelroy9221]

I don't see it

[@MisguidingWish]

How high are u bro, it doesn't

[@LampseekerForevermore]

@@MisguidingWishlook again, it does.

[@nell711]

​@@MisguidingWish it's at the top left above the curved portion close by the stem

[@mannys9130]

Suggestions: a radium watch dial, Americium smoke detector source, X-ray tube, thoriated tungsten TIG electrode, and a cobalt-60 source.

[@JGHFunRun]

I can already tell you an x-ray tube will not do much. Photons are too light to be picked up on cloud chambers

[@laz272727]

>and a cobalt-60 source It's fine, if you don't like this youtuber you can just say it

[@GlorifiedGremlin]

ooo yeah I'd like to see how much radiation the radium girls were exposed to when painting watches

[@reedlheureux7466]

@@laz272727 Drop and run

[@monsesh1316]

Demon core

[@s_ratnov4779]

Him: I can watch it for hours Marie Curie: not the best idea, my guy.

[@trulucro9268]

Underrated comment

[@felinefriendly617]

Severely underrated comment. Most people don't even know madam Curie! It feels great you mentioned her!

[@OfficialFedHater]

@@felinefriendly617 It's standard curriculum to learn about her in US schools.

[@s_ratnov4779]

@Czadzikable sure, it wasn't my intention to disrespect the memory of this great scientist. And it is indeed sad that even most people do not even know this fact. But for this kind of joke, created mostly for entertainment, it would've been a bit overloaded for me to use her full polish name because she is mostly known after the short version of her name, and it is pretty hard to read for an average english speaking person. So I guess it may be exceptional for the simplicity reasons of a joke ( which by itself shouldn't be taken to serious ) , to keep the things short and use more or less known name of this legendary scientist. Rest in peace, Marie Skłodowska Curie.

[@sroy7982]

@@felinefriendly617 feminist spotted everyone knows and respects her don't be such a know it all

[@uncle_mitt]

I went to a science demonstration type thing as a little kid once and a guy did this for us. It's been like 18 years and I've never seen or heard about this procedure since, but I still think about it all the time. So cool to see it again

[@Starfish_Duder]

I'd love to see some watch dials made in the 1940's.

[@JonahD95isMyInstagramLmao]

You got some time to kill or wut?

[@williamvaughan1218]

Yes radium is way way more dangerous than a thorium mantle

[@Starfish_Duder]

@Damian Stefanicki Did you have a stroke?

[@AdrianKiglies]

Pew pew pew

[@evanmarschand9930]

​​@Damian Stefanicki Huh? What are you trying to say?

[@snakebarber]

This completely changed the mental model I'd built in my head about radiation! I knew radiation is individual particles, but I assumed there would be thousands and thousands at all times, like rays of light from a flashlight.

[@solartaire1]

What you're seeing here is Alpha radiation, literally ionised helium atoms being spewed out. Unfortunately, a cloud chamber can't be used to show X-rays or Gamma radiation, which, now that I think about it is probably for the best.

[@clarkortega1722]

@@solartaire1 it shows gamma just not x ray Atleast from what I’ve heard

[@solartaire1]

@@clarkortega1722 A Geiger counter can be used to detect alpha and beta particles as well as gamma radiation, whereas a cloud chamber reveals the presence of alpha and beta radiation, as well as protons and even muons, but it doesn't work for gamma or X-rays.

[@jonathanodude6660]

A Geiger counter clicks when it gets hit with a particle. We are a lot better dealing with periodic information from our auditory system than our visual system. If every click is one particle, a click rate that sounds like white noise is deadly, while a rate that sounds like a broken metronome is safe. You can think of each click as a small possibility that a single cell turned cancerous. Obviously, those possibilities add up over time.

[@paintcandan5972]

same here, i always imagined it behaved like a gas. so i was expecting something similar to that video of what farts look like through a thermal camera.

[@joe1205]

It's Spidey senses are tingling

[@OofLoLoofII]

this needs more attention

[@toidIllorTAmI]

It's a perfect way to visibiliy show how dangerous it is and how it impales us invisibly.

[@SmileUponBalls]

Bro really did "To prove to you of the radioactivity, here's a banana for scale"

[@evolicious]

Banana's have a surprisingly large amount of carbon-14, so yes, we literally use a banana for scale when using millirems and microsieverts to scale.

[@RafaelMunizYT]

even bananas are a better measurement unit than imperial

[@redbaron6805]

Bananas are actually radioactive, as they have Potassium 40, which is.... you guessed it... Radioactive...

[@schqrr]

Bro really thought this was the comment

[@aaroncedillo9150]

What if you peel the banana?

[@natebowman7593]

Someone needs to mail this guy an antique garden gnome that has yellow paint.

[@brody231]

@@Crooked.crooked when I clicked the translation it said Rage. R u saying mad in a foreign language or r u asking what in English but misspelled

[@venti2569]

@@Crooked.crookedidrk abt this but im assuming the yellow pigment used at the time had smth radioactive in it and then it got turned into paint used on the gnome making it very radioactive

[@venti2569]

@@Crooked.crooked i wasnt rlly explaining why you said what but my bad ig sry

[@venti2569]

@@Crooked.crooked i just misunderstood why you said “wut” and your explanation sorry

[@chrisrageNJ]

​@@brody231you rang?

[@mamoonarshad304]

"I can watch this for hours" *proceeds to grow a third arm*

[@ireallycant4416]

You know why? Your dna is so damage by this bullets shredding through that it try reconstruct itself to fix it resulting into mutation..

[@mamoonarshad304]

​@@ireallycant4416 ..................

[@sunks47]

​@@ireallycant4416 🤓

[@Marigold_Opal]

@@ireallycant4416 that's probably the best explanation of how radiation works wow

[@CMT_Crabbles]

Eh, it’s not that dangerous to be around. Wouldn’t recommend it, but I don’t think it’d kill you. It’s radioactive, but not Chernobyl radioactive 😅

[@alexamg6675]

It’s actually scary to think that’s what is all around Chernobyl

[@masonlee5866]

I just watch the show and the documentary. That’s the first thing I thought about

[@Kernfederate]

I've replaced quite a few lantern mantles, never knew they were radioactive. Interesting stuff.

[@richardmillhousenixon]

Most aren't, at least the ones that are sold today. Most modern ones are made with yttrium, which isn't radioactive.

[@jibranbhat8711]

I still have some, and there about 2 decades old. Still packed. I'm gonna take a look what they're made of

[@chrisrageNJ]

​@@jibranbhat8711just don't chew on them...

[@Glenn-em3hv]

I've done a lot of camping also and I've wondered how that little bag just doesn't burn up completely but I guess it actually does turn to ash?

[@jibranbhat8711]

@@Glenn-em3hv It works for quite long time and then due to prolonged heat stress part of it falls off and not useful anymore.

[@thecoffeesloth]

Ngl I thought from the thumbnail that tampons were radioactive

[@Omega_Orion]

I really wish we had one of these in advanced physics lab in college. It would've been absolutely mesmerizing to see in person

[@nfrl-hs2ly]

You don't need an advanced physics lab, I remember a science hobby book from the '60s that you could make one of these Cloud Chambers at home with a jar and some Water Ice to create a supersaturated cloud and then you would fire particles from a radium dial watch into it. So just go to the library and look for old science hobby books for kids.

[@Omega_Orion]

@@nfrl-hs2ly oh for sure, I just meant the class was Advanced Physics Lab. It's a pretty simple piece of equipment, thanks for the pointers on where to find instructions, but I still think it would've been a useful classroom exhibit

[@xKarma_411]

@@Omega_Orion Same, Think conducting this types of experiments within a safe-environment filled with like-minded people is far better than doing a DIY by yourself.

[@skurneha7163]

“Hey man that’s a cool fog machine!” “That’s not a fog machine 💀”

[@2fifty533]

why does this have so many likes? its not even funny

[@skurneha7163]

@@2fifty533 none of your videos are either 💀

[@2fifty533]

@@skurneha7163 not even trying to be funny lol

[@zildmania]

I disagree

[@1ztype343]

@@2fifty533 came to remind u ur still a loser btw

[@mr.iforgot3062]

Exactly what I thought it would look like.

[@falconerd343]

Also fun fact, the time between decays and the direction of the resulting radiation particle (alpha or beta) are completely and utterly random. You could use the decays from that video clip as a seed for an encryption system and it could not be recreated.

[@jesusofbullets]

Depends on the material. Certain elements can be predicted when they decay, which is known as a half-life. A material with a half-life of (X) will decay either at that point or beforehand.

[@loafy7396]

@@jesusofbullets ‘at that point or beforehand’ tells us that it is in fact random, your argument is flawed. There is uncertainty of the exact moment when alpha/beta decays will occur. Half-life is not a calculation which you can use in order to figure out exactly when a radioactive particle will decay. Half-life is an estimation of the time it will take for one half of the starting material to decay i.e the time it takes for radioactivity to half in measure. Although half-lives for differing elements have been defined the exact rate of decay is completely random. It is impossible to know with absolute certainty when a nucleus will decay.

[@Grzegorz_Grabowski]

​@@loafy7396 why are you all so smart? How do people even get to know things like that?

[@hazmat2823]

​@Grzegorz Grabowski they teach this in physics class... one of the required science subjects in middle to high school?

[@sorashirogami1729]

Remember, at least one encryption company uses CRT TVs and cameras to generate hash sequences for encryption.

[@Envision_]

Next, Chernobyl's Elefant Foot

[@BarryDylan111]

Can't, ate it all ;[

[@mace5725]

In my belly X3

[@Volymbrez]

elephant

[@Envision_]

@@Volymbrez no, it's Elefant

[@randomoligist]

@@Envision_you got a source for that?

[@SelfTaughtArtist1]

Seriously so cool to visualize the radioactive particles.

[@twocheezitz9182]

My chemistry teacher told me radiation was basically an invisable fire

[@chii6235]

Strange my teacher said it was spicy air

[@tolvajtamas8567]

Mine said that it is a deadly laser XD

[@xTriton_]

That makes 0 sense.

[@twocheezitz9182]

@@xTriton_ can you explain how?

[@letsomethingshine]

Looked more like otherwise invisible sparks to me. (but there are different types of radiation, I would expect alpha and beta radiation to emit particles, but gamma radiation to be just glowing "invisible" light).

[@whenimmanicimgodly4228]

seeing these clips is just convincing me that enchanted items back in olden days were just radiated items and that's why the curses destroyed people

[@TylerDaSilva522]

That is a fantastic observation. What you said reminds me of how I was listening to a man talk about how a ketogenic diet can cure some cases of epilepsy. He has a theory that in biblical times when people would pray and fast from eating, maybe epileptics would have relief from their condition but it would seem as if their conditions were coming from a demonic spirit.

[@catpoke9557]

This shows really well why radiation is bad for dissipating heat

[@asielsantana8259]

If you have an old living relative ask them if you can borrow an old porcelain bowl or plate and put it in there I heard older plates, bowls, and just older stuff from the 1900's usually has some level of radiation

[@Nothingisavailible]

No way ! I have and buy shit like that . Ok throwing it away

[@asielsantana8259]

@Diana Solorio it's not dangerous to a degree. You should be fine.

[@Eyes0penNoFear]

​@@Nothingisavailible as long as you don't grind it up and inhale/ingest it, you should be fine.

[@rainbowbunchie8237]

@@Nothingisavailible Paranoid

[@undefinederror40404]

​@@rainbowbunchie8237 since radiation can be super dangerous, I'd sooner call them careful than paranoid. If you don't know much about radiation and find out you have radioactive stuff, it is safer to remove those items from your house instead of just shrugging and leaving it. If you don't/can't inform yourself on it, better not mess with it.

[@Apedragon92]

But everyone knows that bananas are the most radioactive fruit

[@uncharted7againblackking256]

How so???

[@PlagueDoctor962]

He didn't peel it.

[@mwdouglas3794]

​@@uncharted7againblackking256 they contain potassium 40, which is radioactive.

[@penunyabiz]

its incredibly interesting to see tangible things like this to complete your understanding of that particular thing. it brings it all into perspective since many scientific text just kinda lays it out as a theory. it brings the words into context when experiments like these are done

[@estoupaa]

Yes! I am wondering if I can use it to give kids physics classes. Without being target by angry afraid parents and fired from the school. 😂

[@NamelessKnightt]

I love how the banana still produced a single very faint trail

[@EdgyShooter]

Cloud chambers are one of the things that got me into physics in the first place, just fascinating how something so simple can allow us to see the atomic world

[@_billyk_]

I'd love to see a crossover with you and the slowmo guys to see radiation flying out in slowmo and closeup 👌

[@maxk4324]

I don't think they have fast enough cameras for it. One of the fastest things thyev ever filmed is the progression of cracks in glass which happens around 4,500 m/a. The slowest form radiation, alpha radiation, already moves at around 20,000 m/s. Then there is beta radiation and EM radiation (e.g. gamma and x-rays) which can be moving pretty damn close to the vacuum speed of light and we just can't film that reaction in this context. If anything the litter is likely the speed of condensation, with the radiation having long since passed through the vapour before it actually condenses and displays the particle's path.

[@mastershooter64]

@@maxk4324 They've filmed stuff moving at 10,000 m/s (explosions) I'm sure they can find a way to film this as well

[@anullhandle]

​​@@mastershooter64 only if they can film 2000x faster and that's going to be a blur

[@pookee0064]

Radiation moves at the speed of light so with their current equipment they would not be able to film it. They could possibly film it's interaction with the matter in the cloud chamber as that wouldn't react at the speed of light but hopefully wouldn't be too fast

[@anullhandle]

@@pookee0064 gamma moves at the speed of light. Beta and alpha move WAY slower than the speed of light. Sill rediculously fast. Note you can film light with the trick of sampling. The caveat is it needs to be repeating.

[@willburn182]

I've worked in radiation my whole life and I've never seen this. Saved, bookmarked and will be shared with many people.

[@aurosoky]

I have been very interested in chernobyl's disaster lately and this video blew my mind. The worst thing for all the people who had to leave and who had to perform all these cleaning tasks was that they couldn't see the thing they were being warned against

[@johnson4523]

Does this reveal alpha, beta, and gamma emissions… just alpha?

[@thethoughtemporium]

Alpha and beta, but not gamma. BUT if gamma undergoes pair production, then you'll see the beta particles that come out as a pair that shoot out 180 degrees from each other

[@swedneck]

@@thethoughtemporium What pattern does that actually produce in the chamber? Because depending on how fast they carry on moving in the same direction there should be different angles to the resulting lines, i'd think.

[@MichaelSHartman]

@@swedneck Are you speaking of tracks taken in a magnetic field?

[@josislost]

why even ask for gamma? That’s something you can barely contain.

[@YD_.]

@@josislostyou would probably die before you put the object in the chamber

[@sprites4ever482]

For the uninitiated (which is most people): Radiation is any subatomic particle that's yeeted across the universe from its point of origin. What's commonly referred to as radiation is one type of electromagnetic radiation, that being ionizing radiation. There are plenty of types of electromagnetic radiation, including sunlight, but ionizing radiation, especially Gamma and Neutron rays, are so fast and powerful that they rip the electrons out of any atoms they collide with. This turns them into Ions, hence the term 'ionizing'. If that happens to your cellular tissue on a large enough scale, the cell structure deteriorates, increasing cancer risks, or even causing Acute Radiation Syndrome (ARS), commonly referred to as radiation poisoning. To avoid radiation poisoning, there are three main methods: - Increase distance: Particles are radiated by their source in all directions. Given that no two particles will fly parallel to each other, the further you are away from the source, the less will hit you. - Increase time: Like all things that damage your body, the timeframe over which you are exposed is critical. Being exposed to 500 millisieverts over a year is nothing to worry about, but if it happens all at once, you will vomit. - Shielding: Like everything else, ionizing radiation can and can't get through certain things. Paper is enough to stop Alpha rays, plastic stops Beta rays, multiple inches of lead stop Gamma rays and around a foot of concrete stops Neutron rays.

[@Has-uo1lq]

Could you try radium glass or old fiestaware? in theory they’re not radioactive enough to be harmful but I would love a visualizer of them!

[@ssserotonin1373]

One thing I think you NEED to make a video on is those orgone pyramids. I have no idea what they are made up of but there’s a huge trend of them selling on Amazon, spirit shops, psychic shops, etc for protection as it’s supposed to attract negative and release positive or something. Really would like to know if they’re safe.

[@brianfitch5469]

It's copper and crystals with sacred geometry, why wouldn't it be safe?

[@dooblom]

its prob not safe

[@Adhjie]

​@@brianfitch5469wut sacred geometry is a real term? I thought its just Pinterest auto namer being weird

[@MananVira]

After watching Chernobyl.... This is how i understand how radioactive materials can be fatal.. Great creation 🔥

[@tdog_]

“make radiation visible” light: am i a joke to you?

[@tehleafman]

Please explain

[@tdog_]

@@tehleafman there are 3 types of energy transfers: conduction, convection, and radiation. conduction and convection both require a medium to transfer through (liquid, solid, gas) but radiation can be transferred through a vacuum (like space where there is nothing) light is just certain frequencies on the electromagnetic spectrum which is a radiation. radio waves, visible light rays, and infrared rays are completely safe because there are lower frequencies, but the dangerous radiation is uv rays (causes sun burns, but is ok in small amounts) xrays and gamma rays which have really high frequencies and are dangerous to life. the comment i made was a joke about the wording of the video because radioactivity is different than radiation (in some ways, but i wont go into detail on that) and light is radiation which is visible radiation. pretty short comment about science lmao

[@olivertickell3380]

I have never ever seen anything like this before I don’t know how the algorithm put this in my shorts but holy crap that is amazing 😲 just absolutely beautiful to watch!

[@ebolarnator1794]

I absolutely love the banana for a baseline for zero radioactivity 😂😂😂

[@FrauxShauxIRL]

Hauntingly beautiful👌🏼

[@crystalbirthdays]

When I was a quartermaster for the Boy Scout troop I was in as a kid, I had to change the mantles for 20 gas lanterns... We kept our medical supplies right next to where we kept our spare mantles, too

[@jimbotron70]

Bright boys, on a whole new level.

[@HotelPapa100]

As an alpha source it's both relatively safe and quite dangerous. Alpha is shielded by a sheet of paper. But ingested (e.g. the ash of the mantles) that turns around to bite you. It deposits its energy in a small volume and is extremely cancerongenic on the point of action.

[@ladyfame1430]

Sounds scary.

[@nareik8017]

If you can somehow get your hands on a sunflower that grew in a radioactive cleanup area, that would be amazing to see

[@codyshelton1405]

This makes the whole discussion make a lot more sense in Chernobyl about how it's basically a million small bullets of radiation or something similar to that

[@Hagurmert]

Radioactive sources basically emit these Alpha, Beta and Gamma particles in all directions. Gamma particles, which are also waves are like weak but very penetrative bullets Beta particles have medium energy and medium penetrative power. It's similar to a shotgun, after some distance (5-10m), it loses all of it's energy Alpha particles have high energy but cannot travel much and low pen power. Since these particles have such short range, it's like a small knife that can stab you 10000 times a second if finds a weak spot I'm trying really hard to make sensible comparisons, lol

[@NoeDactyl]

Now you need to make a 10 hour video with just the trails of the mesmerizing lamp sock

[@george2113]

These thorium mantles make lanterns significantly more efficient

[@v3nom11065]

I think the most incredible part of it all is how radiation doesn't work how we imagine it usually. At least in my mind, I've always pictured radiation as a form of radio wave almost, like an invisible wave of water. Turns out its a literal chaotic release of charged particles that shoot out like bullets. I'd love to better understand how it works when those trails hit a body and how it interacts with the body. It almost seems like it should pierce the skin.

[@no-expert]

Depending on the type of radiation, it can either pierce the skin or be blocked by a piece of paper.

[@burger116]

gamma radiation is wave, the highest energy electro magnetic wave. The radiation shown by this experiment is most likely alpha emission, maybe beta emission, both of which are particles fired randomly.

[@haraffael7821]

This is only Alpha and Beta radiation though. It doesnt show Gamma rays (which are the ones that are the hardest to shield). Alpha is like a big rock, doesnt get far but if it hits your insides (after incorporation for example) then your life is over. It can be shielded by a piece of paper (or your skin) and has a maximum range of like 3cm. (helium without electrons, two protons and two neutrons, get thrown at you) Beta can be shielded by a bit of plexiglass (like 6mm or so) but can harm you more easily already. It doesnt hit as hard as an alpha, but it penetrates your skin and leaves nasty "beta burns". (electrons are shot at you) Gamma is the son of a bitch you cant block, only weaken, and goes through everything. It doesnt hit hard, but it is constantly messing with you so you will get fucked by the sheer amount and duration of basically being x-rayed constantly. (an electromagnetic wave like light, infrared, ultra violet radiation) Nuclear radiation is a bitch.

[@mohamedzafir8566]

Thanks for the information!

[@osamabinladen824]

Interesting. Now I know.

[@Ang3lUki]

Neutron radiation, which isn't very common with household objects, and is usually most present in nuclear reactors, is like a grenade. It's initial impact isn't much greater than a Beta particle, BUT it decays eventually! When it does it releases TONS of energy, and by then it's lodged inside you, making it more dangerous than any of the above, but easy to shield against.

[@AbeltDessler]

a cat after radioactive iodine therapy

[@darkeather2]

Huh, so I guess that's what they mean when they say it's "unstable". I figured it was just breaking apart and floating away, but it's more like its constantly crackling like a fire or water on hot oil, constantly "popping" particles like a shrapnel grenade, but it's so small you don't realize it's damaging you. That's really fascinating.

[@melonaaah]

Is there any way we can get a long video of the entire thing? I would love to play this when I’m working or relaxing.

[@Raven_Fire]

Very interesting, I saw the previous video as well and was intrigued. The way it shoots out radioactive particles sporadically, I assume this is why a Geiger Counter picks up radiation in those distinct, signature "clicks"? Rather than a constant steady sound.

[@AceKaliburOfficial]

You should throw in a vintage uranium glass dish

[@akirataifu8470]

What I learned for this is Bananas are radioactive. BARELY, but radioactive.

[@Nevarez257]

Just realized Spider-Man’s spidey sense looks like that! Radioactive spider!

[@petemcmaster2297]

remember doing this for the nuclear science merit badge at the naval academy lol. good times

[@actiniumanarchy9237]

You went to the Academy?

[@oregano7120]

I made one of these for my school science fair and got a participation award 😭

[@Carma281]

did you use a radioactive pendant?

[@Justsumdude.]

Did you demonstrate and explain it or na?

[@damad6480]

Ppl: *i dont wanna get radiative* 5 years old me: *I WANNA BECOME XMEN*

[@empirion502]

I am absolutely captivated by this

[@gamertruth1993]

The moment when I submit this 'Cloud Chamber' as my school project!!!😅😅😅

[@snickerdoooodle]

I always love the irony of quack "radiation protection" pendants actually emitting much higher amounts of radiation than anything else you'll own. And by love, I mean I am losing faith in humanity day by day.

[@NoahSehorn]

the fact I saw a few trails coming from the banana gives me a new kind of fear..

[@hughjanus6975]

Hope you are staying safe when working with these radioactive materials.

[@William_Voidson]

It’s like organic needles firing short distances through the air from a living body, like the surrounding radiation is trying to stick to whatever it possibly can and infest it. Horrifying and beautiful. Venom cgi has nothing on this nightmare.

[@laum5371]

How do you protect yourself? We saw you touch the pendant with bare hands, can you make a video to know you are safe ?

[@thethoughtemporium]

Wash your hands after. short exposure isn't dangerous, it's long term use that's the issue or breathing in the dust. But wash your hands well with conditioner free soap afterwards and keep exposure time short and you're fine. It's the people that wear these things for years that can have issues as the chances of breathing in some of the thorium that will flake off it is much higher, and it's next to your skin for prolonged periods.

[@your_-_mom]

@@thethoughtemporium me when nuclear explosion

[@joshvinchael1495]

That Thorium coated mantle that you mentioned is probably the reason why some of the clothings wore by a hikers that was found in the dyatlov pass were radioactive 🤔🤔🤔

[@VoidPaul97]

Does EMF work as well? I wonder if you could debunk the phone radiation hazard thing.

[@ViviFuchs]

Phones do produce radiation but only in the electromagnetic spectrum. This cloud chamber would only show radiation caused by nuclear decay which you wouldn't expect a phone to exhibit. Specifically, phones produce a variety of radio waves. Even though the radio waves that phones produce are at a higher frequency than FM radio stations, the frequencies used just don't have the ability to cause DNA damage (DNA is just too tiny for radio waves to interact with). Theoretically, the worst you'd expect to receive is cell damage caused by the radio waves interacting with the water in your body, causing your cells to heat up, but that would require you to be extremely close to an insanely strong transmitter which would be the equivalent of you standing inside of a microwave. Even then, you would notice your tissues heating up and be able to get away before any serious damage could occur.

[@glenneric1]

particle radiation is completely different from photonic radiation

[@peterbach1126]

This is what I see and feel during fever dreams.

[@infamoushacker4chan883]

Throw a bit of Fiestaware in there if you can find it. Alternatively, old watches who's hands were painted with Radium paint. They should provide a heck of a show.

[@Deadchannel_321]

banana tactic clever but still wouldn’t have thought the radiation would have gotten passed the peel

[@omidseyedi5998]

Those particles of radiation looks like those random worm like shapes you see randomly

[@Geosbudy]

Wait, so is that mantle made that way? You mean my childhood was pretty much surrounded by radioactive stuff

[@Maxytiscool]

Try to go to Chernobyl with the box you will probably see a lot of radiation

[@Bernandez4139]

That's a decent cloud chamber. It's not great but it's not terrible.

[@adawg3032]

Just to put it into scale, if the subatomic particles were the size of a grain of rice, it would leave a trail wider than jupiter

[@arabola2189]

Now make a supersized version of this and fit the city of Chernobyl inside

[@KittyBatSeth]

As a welder who's been in the industry since 2002.....I weep for my sinuses and lungs...... 🤦‍♀️

[@macaroonloather]

Maybe try a phone in the cloud chamber (btw I love the vids)

[@Rainajunaid]

And i used to eat mantle ash back when I was a kid.

[@allrightspreserved4766]

And now for some context: that trail you’re seeing, by scale is roughly equivalent to a basketball traveling from the sun to Pluto and leaving a trail the diameter of earth.

[@zacharyenticott8260]

"Today where gonna use a hotter item where gonna start with dry ice" 💀

[@Ivanhasonebraincell]

NO WAYYYY I THOUGHT THE BANANA WAS RADIOACTIVE 😂😂😂

[@st33lsh0tz]

The reason the banana had trails is because part of the storing process done by most if not all grocery stores is irradiation, it aint gonna kill you and it doesnt use enough radiation to make it radioactive but it uses some

[@eliteteamkiller319]

That white and pink Pacman ghost looks cool.

[@BurnellSnortProductions]

He didn't say that a banana had NO trails.

[@Patricia-z7b5x]

Interesting experiments. It is my first time to see this kind of experiment.

[@Itsallawesome]

So radiation looks like little spikes radiating out of an object or the air. It looks exactly how it sounds.

[@MDE_never_dies]

That pendant is literally a cursed item

[@oatmilky.29]

I touched one of those thorium coated mantle when i was 8 years old. I am in complete confusion when adult people told me not to. Turns out that thing is radioactive and can be toxic when ingested. I’m in my 28 years now and my fingers started to look like pruned raisins every time i get into contact with chlorinated water.

[@deech6699]

The banana for scale is acutally legit because potassium isotopes can actually be radioactive in bananas