CS>Re: Frequency and the meaning of words. From: jrowland Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2004 23:05:04
>> ...there is no way a signal can come from the body... > Could potassium be the only exception? "Total body potassium (TBK) > is a measure of the body's cell mass and can be quantifiable by > the detection of gamma-rays that emanate from the body by virtue > of its content of the naturally occurring radioisotope of > potassium..." http://tinyurl.com/5ngo4 "...Total Body Potassium > (TBK) A gamma counter measures the amount of a type of > potassium..." > http://tinyurl.com/6q27v > jr There are many types of radiation emitted by the body, such as thermal and radioactive disintegration. None of these can be measured with a simple frequency counter as described on Tainio's web site. As your post mentions, gamma rays are a type of radioactive decay and require a gamma counter to measure. There are other radioactive elements besides potassium that collect in the body. Since the levels are so low, special shielded rooms are required to measure the radiation accurately. These rooms are extremely expensive. Gamma radiation can be measured with Geiger counters, ionization chambers, pocket dosimeters, film badges, thermoluminescent, and other types of dosimeters: http://www.orau.gov/reacts/gamma.htm The units of measure change with each method. For Geiger counters, it is counts per minute. An ionization chamber produces a small dc current measured in nanoamperes or microamperes. A pocket dosimeter is a ruggedized version of a gold leaf electroscope. Radiation exposure is measured by the movement of a charged thread. Film badges show accumulated radiation by the density of the exposed film. Thermoluminescent detectors store radiation energy in lithium fluoride crystals. These release the energy as light when the crystal is heated to 250C: http://www.nrpb.org/services/pms/datasheets/thermoluminescent.htm None of these instruments produce an output in MHz, as the Tainio BT3 claims to measure. The human body simply does not generate signals around 50MHz that can be measured with a frequency counter, oscilloscope, spectrum analyzer, or any other similar instrument as Tainio claims. Best Wishes, Mike Monett -- The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com Silver List archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html Address Off-Topic messages to: silver-off-topic-l...@eskimo.com OT Archive: http://escribe.com/health/silverofftopiclist/index.html List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@eskimo.com>
