tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6583590687956540859.post6448857143840006025..comments2024-01-18T00:18:10.209-08:00Comments on Xenophilia (True Strange Stuff): Sales of Geiger counters and potassium iodide spike after Japan
earthquakeXenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04080841307174630996noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6583590687956540859.post-74373697092355457152011-03-16T13:44:40.000-07:002011-03-16T13:44:40.000-07:00Hehe, I think you can make a kind of crappy Geiger...Hehe, I think you can make a kind of crappy Geiger counter out of a multimeter and a metal plate, all it does really is collect electrons/ionized particles, instead of those little tics you just measure the microvolts from the metal plate, kinda like a one sided capacitor the other being the earth(ground)when the radioactive particles hit the plate they transfer some of their charge, its not very sensitive and I wouldn't bet my life on it unless I had to.PYRODINnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6583590687956540859.post-65709962346979257802011-03-16T02:59:23.000-07:002011-03-16T02:59:23.000-07:00People aren't too concerned about the link bet...People aren't too concerned about the link between potassium iodide and heart disease then?Chengnoreply@blogger.com