A good person to ask this type of question might be Dr. Storms. He has his Ph.D in and long career history with radio-chemistry.
On Fri, Dec 6, 2013 at 12:32 AM, Eric Walker <eric.wal...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 5:42 AM, Bob Higgins <rj.bob.higg...@gmail.com>wrote: > > One could compare the gamma emission of the metal as a powder with a >> corresponding similar mass of the same metal as a solid geometric form (say >> a sphere). Then using ordinary rules for absorption (not extraordinary >> rules), what should the activity be? I am sure this has been done, and if >> there was an extraordinary difference, it would have long since been >> researched and reported. >> > > You and Robin provide a good test case. I am less confident than the two > of you that people's theoretical frameworks will not have led them to > rationalize away a significant discrepancy that they might have noticed in > the lab as an instrumental artifact relating to dust in the air or > something similar. If someone knows of or comes across a study of this > kind, I will be interested to read it. > > Eric > >
