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Old 9th Feb 2008, 07:06
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Originally Posted by bealine
My Chemistry lessons at school are, unfortunately, a distant memory

Maybe I'll buy a Geiger counter and then I can publish my results!
Bea, save your money. By your definition, a geiger counter that proves your theory is correct will not work.

You have a radiation source.

You have a geiger counter.

You use the geiger counter to locate the radiation source.

The geiger counter is irradiated and retains this radiation.

The geiger counter is NOW useless as it will always react to ITSELF.

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Obviously bs as I would not have been able to locate the numerous RA sources around the field during exercises.
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