Should I be alarmed that the rovyvon tritium pendant that I wear on my chest gives 400-500 cpm on a Ludlum 44-9? Seems like everyone says that tritium shouldn’t register on a Geiger counter so I’m concerned.
@@hypemilitaria6447 but you just demonstrated you can readily detect beta emission from tritium with a Geiger counter. Would you not expect for my counter to do the same. Of course I know tritium is radioactive but I didn’t expect it to significantly excite a Geiger counter. This model detects alpha, beta, and gamma radiation. Why does everyone say tritium can’t be detected, or rather easily detected, with a Geiger counter? You demonstrate it right there. Thanks for responding to my comment by the way. I posted a video of what I’m talking about on my channel
@@giantfatberg 400-500cpm seems to be quite a significant dose rate for Geiger counter. The sample I have doesn't get that high. Obviously cpm is variable with different devices and converts to dose rates differently on different devices, but still, 400-500 seems significantly above background and quite high for a tritium sample. Good thing is that the low energy beta from tritium shouldn't pose too much of a risk, but I'd rather not risk long term exposure to it anyways.
Yum scintillation 😮
maybe if you took the tritium out of the plastic bag??
Actually tried it but it's the same story. The SBM-20 devices I have won't detect it anyways.
Should I be alarmed that the rovyvon tritium pendant that I wear on my chest gives 400-500 cpm on a Ludlum 44-9? Seems like everyone says that tritium shouldn’t register on a Geiger counter so I’m concerned.
Yeah, I'd be worried as heck too.
@@hypemilitaria6447 but you just demonstrated you can readily detect beta emission from tritium with a Geiger counter. Would you not expect for my counter to do the same. Of course I know tritium is radioactive but I didn’t expect it to significantly excite a Geiger counter. This model detects alpha, beta, and gamma radiation.
Why does everyone say tritium can’t be detected, or rather easily detected, with a Geiger counter? You demonstrate it right there. Thanks for responding to my comment by the way. I posted a video of what I’m talking about on my channel
@@giantfatberg 400-500cpm seems to be quite a significant dose rate for Geiger counter. The sample I have doesn't get that high. Obviously cpm is variable with different devices and converts to dose rates differently on different devices, but still, 400-500 seems significantly above background and quite high for a tritium sample. Good thing is that the low energy beta from tritium shouldn't pose too much of a risk, but I'd rather not risk long term exposure to it anyways.
@@hypemilitaria6447 thank you for replying with your advice. I appreciate it