Re: [time-nuts] How dangerous if Rb lamp broken?

2013-07-11 Thread Didier Juges
@febo.com Sent: Tuesday, 9 July 2013, 5:07 Subject: [time-nuts] How dangerous if Rb lamp broken? Dear Group: I have four compact Rb Stanard, but I am worried about what if my Rb lamp broken in accident someday? How dangerous of this situration? Is Rb87 came out from Rb lamp

Re: [time-nuts] How dangerous if Rb lamp broken?

2013-07-10 Thread Hui Zhang
Sent: Tuesday, 9 July 2013, 5:07 Subject: [time-nuts] How dangerous if Rb lamp broken? Dear Group: I have four compact Rb Stanard, but I am worried about what if my Rb lamp broken in accident someday? How dangerous of this situration? Is Rb87 came out from Rb lamp will be a disaster? You know

Re: [time-nuts] How dangerous if Rb lamp broken?

2013-07-10 Thread Robert Atkinson
and frequency measurement time-nuts@febo.com Sent: Wednesday, 10 July 2013, 14:53 Subject: Re:Re: [time-nuts] How dangerous if Rb lamp broken? Hello Robert: I am a little confuse how exactly much Rb87 in a bulb? Some people say that it's couple millgram,  but you tell me it's half a millgram, which

Re: [time-nuts] How dangerous if Rb lamp broken?

2013-07-10 Thread Volker Esper
...@163.com To: Robert Atkinsonrobert8...@yahoo.co.uk; Discussion of precise time and frequency measurementtime-nuts@febo.com Sent: Wednesday, 10 July 2013, 14:53 Subject: Re:Re: [time-nuts] How dangerous if Rb lamp broken? Hello Robert: I am a little confuse how exactly much Rb87 in a bulb? Some

Re: [time-nuts] How dangerous if Rb lamp broken?

2013-07-09 Thread Magnus Danielson
On 07/09/2013 06:07 AM, Hui Zhang wrote: Dear Group: I have four compact Rb Stanard, but I am worried about what if my Rb lamp broken in accident someday? How dangerous of this situration? Is Rb87 came out from Rb lamp will be a disaster? You know I haven't any beta rays detect

Re: [time-nuts] How dangerous if Rb lamp broken?

2013-07-09 Thread Attila Kinali
On Tue, 09 Jul 2013 11:24:27 +0200 Magnus Danielson mag...@rubidium.dyndns.org wrote: On 07/09/2013 06:07 AM, Hui Zhang wrote: Dear Group: I have four compact Rb Stanard, but I am worried about what if my Rb lamp broken in accident someday? How dangerous of this situration? Is Rb87

Re: [time-nuts] How dangerous if Rb lamp broken?

2013-07-09 Thread MailLists
In those tough times, since the General Electric reactors melted down at Fukushima, and still spewing lots of radiation after more than two years, a radioactive particle detector is a must have - at least for gamma radiation. As for beta particles, you can try visual detection. If you don't see

Re: [time-nuts] How dangerous if Rb lamp broken?

2013-07-09 Thread Volker Esper
Hi, Toxicity is not the problem. Radioactivity was my biggest concern, when I ordered my first Rb-clock.The manufacturer told me, there's no radioactivity, that you have to fear. When the package came I used a Geiger tube to calm myself down - there was no measurable activity at all. If

Re: [time-nuts] How dangerous if Rb lamp broken?

2013-07-09 Thread Robert Atkinson
July 2013, 5:07 Subject: [time-nuts] How dangerous if Rb lamp broken? Dear Group:     I have four compact Rb Stanard, but I am worried about what if my Rb lamp broken in accident someday? How dangerous of this situration? Is Rb87 came out from Rb lamp will be a disaster? You know I haven't any

Re: [time-nuts] How dangerous if Rb lamp broken?

2013-07-09 Thread Robert Atkinson
] How dangerous if Rb lamp broken? Hi, Toxicity is not the problem. Radioactivity was my biggest concern, when I ordered my first Rb-clock.The manufacturer told me, there's no radioactivity, that you have to fear. When the package came I used a Geiger tube to calm myself down

Re: [time-nuts] How dangerous if Rb lamp broken?

2013-07-09 Thread Attila Kinali
On Tue, 09 Jul 2013 12:33:11 +0200 Volker Esper ail...@t-online.de wrote: Toxicity is not the problem. Radioactivity was my biggest concern, when I ordered my first Rb-clock.The manufacturer told me, there's no radioactivity, that you have to fear. When the package came I used a Geiger

Re: [time-nuts] How dangerous if Rb lamp broken?

2013-07-09 Thread mike cook
Le 9 juil. 2013 à 13:49, Robert Atkinson a écrit : Hi Why are so many people radiophobic? As in ionising radiation. There are far more hazardous things in our hobby, electrocution and falling from a height be two of the big killers. I defy anyone to come up with a confirmed case of death

Re: [time-nuts] How dangerous if Rb lamp broken?

2013-07-09 Thread Peter Gottlieb
, 11:33 Subject: Re: [time-nuts] How dangerous if Rb lamp broken? Hi, Toxicity is not the problem. Radioactivity was my biggest concern, when I ordered my first Rb-clock.The manufacturer told me, there's no radioactivity, that you have to fear. When the package came I used a Geiger tube to calm

Re: [time-nuts] How dangerous if Rb lamp broken?

2013-07-09 Thread J. Forster
Many people are just phobic about radiation, partially becayse tgey don't understand it. Some years ago, the DoD was trying to get approval for a Phased Array early warning RADAR on Cape Cod, MA, called Pave Paws. Public hearings were held and the public kept asking 'Will the radiation

Re: [time-nuts] How dangerous if Rb lamp broken?

2013-07-09 Thread Volker Esper
Am 09.07.2013 14:16, schrieb Attila Kinali: If radioactivity is a concern, you should stop eating bananas and do not go down to your cellar. And for gods sake, stop flying! ;-) ...yes, and don't use mobiles and so on. Radioactivity is a concern, because I don't have any serious experience

Re: [time-nuts] How dangerous if Rb lamp broken?

2013-07-09 Thread Magnus Danielson
On 07/09/2013 11:40 AM, Attila Kinali wrote: On Tue, 09 Jul 2013 11:24:27 +0200 Magnus Danielsonmag...@rubidium.dyndns.org wrote: On 07/09/2013 06:07 AM, Hui Zhang wrote: Dear Group: I have four compact Rb Stanard, but I am worried about what if my Rb lamp broken in accident someday?

Re: [time-nuts] How dangerous if Rb lamp broken?

2013-07-09 Thread Magnus Danielson
Hi Robert, On 07/09/2013 01:49 PM, Robert Atkinson wrote: Hi Why are so many people radiophobic? As in ionising radiation. There are far more hazardous things in our hobby, electrocution and falling from a height be two of the big killers. I defy anyone to come up with a confirmed case of

Re: [time-nuts] How dangerous if Rb lamp broken?

2013-07-09 Thread David J Taylor
From: J. Forster Many people are just phobic about radiation, partially becayse tgey don't understand it. [] Radiation is a fact of life. It is used as a boogieman by some, to suit their agendas. -John = The key word missing is ionising, as in ionising radiation, isn't it? US

Re: [time-nuts] How dangerous if Rb lamp broken?

2013-07-09 Thread Volker Esper
Am 09.07.2013 13:49, schrieb Robert Atkinson: Why are so many people radiophobic? In my opinion, the answere isn't hard to find. Those people don't have any experience with it and don't know, which information is correct. Radiation can be dangerous, there's no doubt about it, is it? The

Re: [time-nuts] How dangerous if Rb lamp broken?

2013-07-09 Thread Don Latham
Rb is not even mentioned in the The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) tables as a hazardous substance. Even if shipped, Rb is listed as a simple Alkali metal. Volker Esper Am 09.07.2013 13:49, schrieb Robert Atkinson: Why are so many people radiophobic? In my

Re: [time-nuts] How dangerous if Rb lamp broken?

2013-07-09 Thread Lee Mushel
-nuts] How dangerous if Rb lamp broken? Hi Why are so many people radiophobic? As in ionising radiation. There are far more hazardous things in our hobby, electrocution and falling from a height be two of the big killers. I defy anyone to come up with a confirmed case of death caused by radiation

Re: [time-nuts] How dangerous if Rb lamp broken?

2013-07-09 Thread John Marvin
An Alkali metal may be simple, but they are surely hazardous. Rb can be extremely hazardous, as are the other Alkali metals, i.e. Lithium, Sodium, Potassium and Cesium (and Francium, but that is one of the rarest elements, due to its highly unstable nature, with its most stable isotope having

[time-nuts] How dangerous if Rb lamp broken?

2013-07-08 Thread Hui Zhang
Dear Group: I have four compact Rb Stanard, but I am worried about what if my Rb lamp broken in accident someday? How dangerous of this situration? Is Rb87 came out from Rb lamp will be a disaster? You know I haven't any beta rays detect instrument. Hui