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Well, ok, I haven't really looked into that, partly because it doesn't affect my every day life, and partly because I don't know much about radiochemistry... I didn't even know it existed...

Actually, I have heard of a laser that works by creating Krypton fluoride by applying a lot of energy, then when the energy is taken away, the krypton fluoride breaks apart releasing a lot of light that can be used as laser light.

Last edited by Fried Chicken (2006-02-01 5:45 pm)

Tria wrote:

It's just the chemistry of all things radioactive.  Anybody who's ever looked at a uranium decay chain has done a little radiochem.  It's what I do in my daily life.  When I'm not making geiger counters. 

I haven't been that interested in radiation.... yet...
It just hasn't had an appeal with me.... yet...

But I do know my mom has some radiation at work that she uses to dye brains.

jeff-o wrote:

Fried Chicken wrote:

Well, ok, I haven't really looked into that, partly because it doesn't affect my every day life, and partly because I don't know much about radiochemistry... I didn't even know it existed...

Actually, I have heard of a laser that works by creating Krypton fluoride by applying a lot of energy, then when the energy is taken away, the krypton fluoride breaks apart releasing a lot of light that can be used as laser light.

Yeah, I think that's the type of laser the US Gov. wanted to mount into turrets and use for missle defense.  It would lock onto an incoming ICBM, point the Huge Fricking Laser at it, and detonate the warhead long before it reaches US soil.  I think there were also plans to mount the whole thing into a 747 or something, with a focus/aiming array built into the nose tip.  Zap.

Yeah! We want to ZAP those Ruskie ICBMs as they fly over the North Pole. That way they fall down somewhere where it doesn't matter...like...CANADA!

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Last edited by DukeofNuke (2006-02-03 6:38 pm)

PET.  If she's dying brains with radiation, she's doing PET.

My mom is a teacher/assistant professor, doing research, and teaching stuff abuot the brain.  She's got 2 graduate students, and is also conducting research on the affects of nicotine on the developing brain.

She uses radiation as some sort of dye to light up certain parts of the brain.

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