3 Apr
2006
3 Apr
'06
3:58 p.m.
On Mon, 2006-04-03 at 15:42 -0700, Fred Cisin wrote:
Well not if you talk about irradiated people (ie one irradiated person
can't irradiate another except in specific ways). :-)
However, one radiation source can make another object radioactive (under
the right conditions). Had loads of "fun" doing this with a "neutron
cannon". You can make all sorts of stuff "radioactive" that way!
Other techniques are used (but essentially the same) for creating
radio-pharmaceuticals (ie take a material and bombard it with the
appropriate type of radiation...neutrons, alpha, gamma...and you'll end
up with a radioactive version of it...or something related).
--
TTFN - Guy
Why? Radiation
is like light - shine a flashlight at something
(non-phosphoric, pedants! ;) and it doesn't continue glowing.
So,... radiation is not contagious :-)