Litvinenko half life in the afterlife
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I heard on the news the guy was so radioactive he had to be buried in an armoured coffin!! :~ I guess will o' the wisp will be replaced by bright halogens for the next 138 days... :)
It has a half life of 138 days. That's not particularly high. And it emits Alpha radiation, which isn't strong enough to penetrate the skin (or even a sheet of paper.) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polonium#210Po[^]
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I heard on the news the guy was so radioactive he had to be buried in an armoured coffin!! :~ I guess will o' the wisp will be replaced by bright halogens for the next 138 days... :)
Ouch.
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It has a half life of 138 days. That's not particularly high. And it emits Alpha radiation, which isn't strong enough to penetrate the skin (or even a sheet of paper.) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polonium#210Po[^]
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Well, strong enough to slowly kill a guy, in a death that should not be wished even to your worse ennemy...
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It has a half life of 138 days. That's not particularly high. And it emits Alpha radiation, which isn't strong enough to penetrate the skin (or even a sheet of paper.) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polonium#210Po[^]
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Good job Your a developer or a physician :-D:laugh::-D:laugh::-D:laugh::-D:laugh::-D:laugh:
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Well, strong enough to slowly kill a guy, in a death that should not be wished even to your worse ennemy...
Pierre Leclercq wrote:
Well, strong enough to slowly kill a guy
That's because it was ingested which put it past the skin barrier.
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Well, strong enough to slowly kill a guy, in a death that should not be wished even to your worse ennemy...
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Good job Your a developer or a physician :-D:laugh::-D:laugh::-D:laugh::-D:laugh::-D:laugh:
Well I am neither a physician nor a physicist, just a developer! ;P
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just a couplr? come on, be more generous;p
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Good job Your a developer or a physician :-D:laugh::-D:laugh::-D:laugh::-D:laugh::-D:laugh:
Well, a developer who did physics at A level :)
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Bart wrote:
wee bit
From the wikipedia: "A single gram of 210Po generates 140 watts of power..." "...210Po has been used as a lightweight heat source to power thermoelectric cells in artificial satellites..."
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I heard on the news the guy was so radioactive he had to be buried in an armoured coffin!! :~ I guess will o' the wisp will be replaced by bright halogens for the next 138 days... :)
Nope, it was only sealed, i.e. the top was on. Po210 alpha radiation is very weak, armouring the coffin would serve no purpose.
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Here: http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/12/03/uk.spywrap.ap/index.html[^] They say (quote) "Litvinenko's funeral is expected to take place in London, but because of the levels of radiation in his body, the coffin will be sealed, Litvinenko's friend Alex Goldfarb said."
Pierre Leclercq wrote:
the coffin will be sealed
Sealed (i.e. closed) and armoured are very different.
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Well, strong enough to slowly kill a guy, in a death that should not be wished even to your worse ennemy...
As Colin said, it was ingested - weakly penetrating radiating sources are actually more dangerous when ingested than strongly penetrating sources.
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I heard on the news the guy was so radioactive he had to be buried in an armoured coffin!! :~ I guess will o' the wisp will be replaced by bright halogens for the next 138 days... :)
Pierre Leclercq wrote:
I heard on the news
Which says a lot about the news. :sigh: Marc
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It has a half life of 138 days. That's not particularly high. And it emits Alpha radiation, which isn't strong enough to penetrate the skin (or even a sheet of paper.) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polonium#210Po[^]
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The risk is probably contamination of ground/water. Assuming that he has a very excessive overdose, and the given half life, there#s pretty much potential damage left.
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