It's a geiger counter... it cannot be trust by its own nature, its error anyway could be no more than ±30% at least. Even with 100% error 0.4uSv/h is really a don't worry dose rate. Usually I prefer to use pancake geiger in beta flux mode to have an idea about what's happening and estimate the flux/danger. Distance, concrete and lead sheet helps to reduce risk at minimum. Sadly properly calibrated ion chamber or scintillator for low energy xray are hard to find... I rely on a Mirion personal dosimeter that is not worth showing cause it almost doesn't even detect
There’s a reason people who work with nuclear materials use dosimeter badges as the gold standard for radiation dosage. Geiger counters just tell you if you need to leave ASAP. I’d never trust one for long term doses. Either way, X-ray tubes like that aren’t very dangerous unless you’re using them day in and day out. Early X-ray technicians got terrible problems from cumulative doses, but patients at worst would get a sunburn.
The green dots appearing all over the camera image weren't reassuring
Hehehhe that's completly normal phenomenon
0.5uSv/h? Not great; not terrible
now you need xray film. try xraying random stuff like flowers, watermelons, pumpkins and see how they come out. xray flowers come out pretty cool
Can you show all the set-up? Circuit for the tube and the detector (a fluo screen?)
So how many of these would it take to build a reasonably effective death ray?
Hope not tested in Romania where x-ray tubes are considered military equipment.
you should consider some type of lead enclosure
awesome! whats the name/model of a tube?
Aliexpress marks it as "8ma"
Nice video, but I wouldn't trust that cheap geiger to assess the dose rate and danger :S
It's a geiger counter... it cannot be trust by its own nature, its error anyway could be no more than ±30% at least. Even with 100% error 0.4uSv/h is really a don't worry dose rate. Usually I prefer to use pancake geiger in beta flux mode to have an idea about what's happening and estimate the flux/danger. Distance, concrete and lead sheet helps to reduce risk at minimum. Sadly properly calibrated ion chamber or scintillator for low energy xray are hard to find... I rely on a Mirion personal dosimeter that is not worth showing cause it almost doesn't even detect
@@lucianioanpapadopol9401 Ohh, I see :) I'd definitely watch more videos on this topic!
There’s a reason people who work with nuclear materials use dosimeter badges as the gold standard for radiation dosage. Geiger counters just tell you if you need to leave ASAP. I’d never trust one for long term doses. Either way, X-ray tubes like that aren’t very dangerous unless you’re using them day in and day out. Early X-ray technicians got terrible problems from cumulative doses, but patients at worst would get a sunburn.
did he died
Huh? Did you mean did he die?
@@CajunReaper95 died is correct here
No I cannot die, I'm a cyborg 😂