-------- In message <b584a9e5-c2ac-7951-f499-3601c2e25...@karlquist.com>, "Richard (Rick ) Karlquist" writes:
>According to Jack, radon emits alpha particles, AKA helium nuclei. >These capture stray electrons and become helium atoms. So the >presence of helium is a marker for radon. The fact that the half >life is a few days supports this hypothesis. At least that is what >Jack told me. Right, but you need a LOT of Radon before the Helium concentration becomes a problem, and the alphas would literally make things glow in the dark. -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 p...@freebsd.org | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@lists.febo.com To unsubscribe, go to http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts_lists.febo.com and follow the instructions there.
