Americium 241...
A synthetic radioactive element, Americium is a component of smoke detectors. It gives off alpha radiation, and over a period of years slowly decays into neptunium.
This little button made a nice glow when pressed against a zinc sulfide coated alpha radiation detector screen.
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Americium 241...
A synthetic radioactive element, Americium is a component of smoke detectors. It gives off alpha radiation, and over a period of years slowly decays into neptunium.
This little button made a nice glow when pressed against a zinc sulfide coated alpha radiation detector screen.
3,645
views
7
faves
4
comments
Uploaded on April 25, 2011
Taken on April 24, 2011