Ti-44 radionuclide unboxing

[@AndrewZonenberg]

Is this another of those "we gave it to your lab because it was cheaper than paying for disposal" samples?

[@SimonsNuclearchemistry]

@@AndrewZonenberg of course 😂 if you have a Suggestion on what to do with it. Tell me :D maybe well find a good use for it

[@AndrewZonenberg]

@@SimonsNuclearchemistry Nope, I don't have any use in mind. I find nuclear chemistry interesting as an outsider, but my own work with ionizing radiation is on the microanalysis / particle beam side of things (SEM/TEM/FIB imaging, EDS/WDS X-ray spectra, bremsstrahlung from beam-sample interactions, etc) rather than working with radioisotopes.

[@williammorris1763]

@@SimonsNuclearchemistryyou have any alpha or beta emmitters strong enough to power something?

[@SimonsNuclearchemistry]

@@williammorris1763 nope

[@williammorris1763]

@@SimonsNuclearchemistry rip 😞

[@inductivelycoupledplasma6207]

Wait wait, RADIOTOXIC titanium TETRACHLORIDE? TiCl4 is already terrifying on its own LOL 1.1MeV is pretty spicy as well, and I'm honestly surprised the vial read "only" 1mSv/h😊

[@SimonsNuclearchemistry]

@@inductivelycoupledplasma6207 yeah we also didn't expect it to come as a chloride 😂

[@inductivelycoupledplasma6207]

@@SimonsNuclearchemistry open the vial and you'll get a nice cloud of radioactive TiO2 and HCl 😂

[@Yaivenov]

​@@inductivelycoupledplasma6207Useful for speedrunning a superfund site. 😅

[@MissilemanIII]

Great gift

[@Merrick0001]

Tastes great on salads ❤

[@JimiLappalainen]

I see what you did there.

[@DaKiffster]

That accent and nuclear material combined makes me nervous 😂

[@yepyeahlol]

midnight snack

[@_JoeMomma]

Put this one a one chip challenge

[@Thor_the_Doge]

Two questions: How did you get a sample of radioactive isotope as a "gift"? and a more general, semi-unrelated question: Do facilities that handle radioactive materials use lead glass to block radiation while keeping visibility, or does it not block radiation effectively enough for it to be useful?

[@SimonsNuclearchemistry]

I work in a nuclear chemistry lab and its common practice among nuclear labs to "gift" radionuclides to other labs instead of paying thousand for disposal. If they can"t handle it anymore or for other reasons. Yesn't in hot labs, where they handle this REALLY active stuff, thick lead Glas is used (the sample have several hundret mSv/h up to some Sv/h contact doserate) but lead Glas isn't needed in most labs I've been to. Don't get me wrong: It works really well but isn't strictly necessary if your samples are "just" 10-20mSv/h if you work fast. It all depends ;D

[@Thor_the_Doge]

@@SimonsNuclearchemistry ah, very cool to know

[@TosiKuvesi]

Okey, but are you Marie Curieus?

[@techgamer1597]

What do you reckon what would it do if i drank it?

[@SimonsNuclearchemistry]

@@techgamer1597 straight to Hospital + ass beating from my with my belt, because I still need that for experiments. Know guess what would damage you more😂

[@Sellerie_Original]

Man hört so dass du Deutsche bist.