On Fri, 11 May 2007, Robin van Spaandonk wrote: > AFAIK there is no such thing as a "safe to use paintable beta emitter". I was > suggesting a new process. The "paint" would have to be very thin BTW. A nano > powder deposited on a sticky substrate might work best. There are beta > emitters > with MeV energies.
The alternative is to build an entire MeV particle accelerator into the main terminal of a large Tesla coil. (Remember the one from old Amateur Scientist column? Or this one: http://www.unitednuclear.com/fwa1.htm ) Well, I guess it would have to be a LARGE toroid on such a Tesla coil. Paraphrasing Dr. Evil: What does it take around here to get some Tesla Coils with frick'n particle accelerators attached to their heads? (((((((((((((((((( ( ( ( ( (O) ) ) ) ) ))))))))))))))))))) William J. Beaty http://staff.washington.edu/wbeaty/ beaty chem.washington.edu Research Engineer billb eskimo.com UW Chem Dept, Bagley Hall RM74 206-543-6195 Box 351700, Seattle, WA 98195-1700
