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Interesting applications of a strong polonium-210 alpha radiation source. The half life is only 140 days, so the Staticmaster brushes must be replaced every year or so.
Great technical article on ionization smoke detectors: circuitcellar.com/wp-content/...
Staticmaster refill: www.amazon.com/Static-Master-...
Ionization chamber: www.aliexpress.com/item/32838...
Carl Willis' video on spark gap detectors. (check out his whole channel) • Spark detector for alp...
Polonium poisoning: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poisoni...
sci-hub.tw/10.1088/1361-6498/...
Mightyohm geiger counter: mightyohm.com/blog/products/g...
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