htn740
Newly Enlightened
Tritium vials safety, something new that may be concerning.
Hello dear members of the forum.
As an avid flashlight collector, I have some with tritium vials in them (I am sure you do to...) and I also have some pendants, key chains and even a ring with tritium.
Until now, I felt very safe, having tritium vials close to my body, because they emit only beta radiation that cannot escape the vial.
Now I found that the beta radiation is only part of the story. I found out the the vials emit x-ray due to the Bremsstrahlung effect, as you can see in this link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8l0sUfN89A
Nothing about the danger of the x-ray is mentioned in the Wikipedia page of the tritium vials and I wonder why?
Clearly, you can see in the video above, that these vials emit x-ray and I wonder if any you can comment about my discovery.
Thanks
Hello dear members of the forum.
As an avid flashlight collector, I have some with tritium vials in them (I am sure you do to...) and I also have some pendants, key chains and even a ring with tritium.
Until now, I felt very safe, having tritium vials close to my body, because they emit only beta radiation that cannot escape the vial.
Now I found that the beta radiation is only part of the story. I found out the the vials emit x-ray due to the Bremsstrahlung effect, as you can see in this link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8l0sUfN89A
Nothing about the danger of the x-ray is mentioned in the Wikipedia page of the tritium vials and I wonder why?
Clearly, you can see in the video above, that these vials emit x-ray and I wonder if any you can comment about my discovery.
Thanks