What Happens When You Break a Vial of Radioactive Tritium?
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- čas přidán 29. 07. 2024
- In this video I break open some vials of tritium to see if it actually in creases the local radioactivity in the area around me. I use a Geiger counter to check for beta radiation. I also explain what beta decay is.
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And the strange quark
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or the charm quark
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funny, funny, not so funny! in nuclear reactors, Tritium is a real problem. Atomic Hydrogen (and therefore , too) tends to penetrate metals and makes them brittle over time. Wiggener-effect.
@@konradcomrade4845 Yea we know that. They are nuclear reactors!!!!!
I feel like one day "The Action Lab" will just start with "Hey everyone! Today I will be re-creating Chernobyl"
Tritium vials be like:
They see me glowing,
They hating
Tryna catch me riding dirty... David Hann
_Action Lab:_ How to become Superman
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Just wait for his next video...
More like:
Action lab: how to become a ghoul
Wait it says Superman nvm
I’m still gonna leave it there tho
Hahahaha
The Hulk.
Homeland security just felt their Spidey senses tingling.
backwards:gnilgnit sesnes ok I don't wanna do it
@@gameingwithkei494 .gnilgnit sesnes yedipS rieht tlef tsuj ytiruces dnalemoH
Not over tritium.
The power of the sun in the palm of my hands!
I am sure the NRC did...😂
Some of my firearms have tritium night sights on them. They have to be replaced every 10 to 15 years because the tritium gets so dim it basically becomes useless at night.
Cost?
@@ibidibi From around $50 to $125 or so, plus labor that a lot of shooters do themselves. You replace entire sights, not just the tritium vials and sights alone vary in complexity and materials and therefore in price.
Strictly speaking, the tritium doesn't get dim, it decays until there's no longer enough decaying to energize the phosphorus paint in the vials, or the phosphorus paint itself degrades. Night sights are typically marketed as being good for about 12 years - the approximate half-life of the tritium, as mentioned in the video. But yeah, it's easier and more common to just say that the tritium gets dim, or wears out, no big deal.
Yah, I've got a set of TruGlo TFOs on my "WTF was that?" Glock - green up front/yellow in back. Ironically, the fiber-optic performance in low-light is more impressive than anything...almost too bright
@@supermarioisacat TruGlo is a ripoff.
@@Ni999 id have to make the educated guess that the phosphorus paint degrades.
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That meter can only detect betas down to about 50 keV while tritium releases a beta at 18 keV. With the proper equipment you could have detected the tritium.
I think he meant to say it's very low energy and not dangerous
@@Anankin12 Which he DID say. What I said, because it is true, is that the meter he was using is not capable of detecting tritium no matter how much there was. Using a meter that can't detect what you are looking for is kind of pointless and doesn't show anything of value.
Those vials are pretty cheap on their own. No need to buy many Chernobyl memorials.
@@DTofMN czcams.com/video/T1HZ8NAXu64/video.html how can this guy detect it then
@@PHONKPOWER Did you even watch the video YOU linked to? He even says he is NOT detecting the radiation from the tritium. He explains that he is detecting bremsstrahlung, photons released when the beta radiation from the tritium slows down as it encounters atoms. I mean come on dud, just watch the video YOU link to and it answers your question and it confirms my claim about detecting radiation from the decay of tritium.
I really love how this channel does the experiment with it's viewers and only gives the answer based on the experimental results. Feels like I am doing the experiment myself!
You wouldn't expect to be able to detect radiation from tritium with a Geiger counter because the beta particles are not very energetic--you need a liquid scintillation counter. Beta particles emitted by the decay of Phosphorus 32, however, are quite energetic and can be detected with a regular Geiger counter.
It IS possible to detect Tritium with an average Geiger counter.
The problem is, however, that Tritium gas is lighter than air and would immediately float up and away the instant it's freed from it's vial.
One would have to break the vial, and capture the gas, under an inverted containment device to be able to measure it
@@davelowets the geiger countwr he is using can only detect down to 50kev
Ur point also stands tho he shoulve tried it with both the geiger counter and vials sealed in a ziplock bag
I just want to say thank you for everything you are doing. Somehow you manage to blow my mind and open my eyes for the world with every video. You are amazing! Please keep doing it.
Something to say: small vial's of tritium are use in watches, replacing luminova so there is no need to expose watch to light for glowing in dark. They last for about 10 years still glowing (if I'm good remember). For example Luminox watches.
Yugoslavian sks' have tritium vials with phosphorus on them as the night sights.
They used to use radium and uhhhh…lets say that didnt go very well…
It is cool experiments like this that makes me love your channel so much!
This was really fascinating! Thanks for the explanation of tritium. Thanks for sharing!
Hey! I just learned about radioactivity and beta decay! It’s pretty cool to see something like this in real life!
I'm really glad you posted this because I have a tritium vial and I've been wondering what would happen if it were to be accidentally destroyed. Excellent explanation, as usual!
I broke one open in my house 2 years ago, and I'm still healthy! I couldn't find much research on it back then so it gave me some anxiety for awhile.
@@Aleksiinascreations_Aleksi haha glad to hear you survived it. The best I've heard is to open windows in the room (if possible) and stay out for a bit, but it sounds like that's possibly not even necessary. Though I'll probably still take precautions if it happens.
@Funny Shorts I figured, as it’s been 6 years since then and I’m still good😤 I think? Lmao
@@Aleksiinascreations_Aleksi damn u had that kind of money to buy tritium?
@@NippyNep haha. When fidget spinners were popular there was a niche market for high quality, exotic metal spinners made by gun/knife manufacturers. The higher end ones had small (1.5mmX10mm) vials of tritium in them, and I wanted to switch them out for a different color. I didn’t realize that they used UV optical resin to glue them in place and I broke one trying to get it out.
TLDR I wasted a bunch of money on tritium for a fidget spinner made out of tungsten. The vials I bought were only like $20 each though, which is still damn expensive lmao
You would be a sick science teacher in school
Thanks, that clears up how exit signs work (without electrical power). Also, gun sights!
Doctor octopus: I need you precious tritium !!
I appreciate your videos and your explanations! Thank you for what you do!
Doctor Octopus gonna come to get those tritium vials
"The power of the sun... in the palm of my hand"
I have an tritium exit sign made in 1988. It’s still glowing after 32 years. I also have an ACOG rifle scope where the reticle it illuminated with tritium.
ACOGs are the shit I had one on my M4 when I was in the service. They also use a fiber optic cable to power the sight with solar energy. No batteries need ever!
This guy sounds like he's asking questions every time he says something
No he doesn’t
No he doesn't
No. 😕
yes
Yes
*Action lab* is basically teaching us how the Hulk got his *super powers.* 😁 Love it.
*edit:* why is it called *beta radiation* and not electron ejection?*
Because people would misunderstand "electron ejection" for something kinky.
Probably because it's just the second type. There is alpha, beta, and gamma radiation that I know of. Basically like called them radiation 1, 2, and 3. Very creative.
Sphakamiso Zondi Theres alpha, beta, and gamma decay
While alpha decay ejects He and beta decay (as said) e-, gamma decay ejects short-length electromagnetic waves called gamma rays, which follow the alpha decay if the decay energy exceeds the sum of the kinetic energy of the alpha-decayed element and Helium (basically if the Element is still in a higher state of energy compared to its base status after the alpha decay)
So i guess they just called it alpha, beta and gamma for consistency as they are the first 3 letters in the Greek alphabet and all resemble the decay of an element.
@@ShiNiGaMi-bb2ep bro, your explanation is right on the money. It makes sense now.
Sphakamiso Zondi you’re welcome😁
Another awesome video - thanks for posting!
you always blew my mind sir everytime i watch your vids!!
I love your videos man I learn different things every day from watching you
He spoke a billion words that I have no idea existed
super good job. the mysteries of particle physics!
*0:04** LMAO! You're freakin me out homie!* You're trying to stab a miniature chernobyl like you're a human Godzilla while keeping that 'constipated look' face. - Off the charts hilarious!
are you trippin on Molly
Ok...
Lmao i felt that
Great video! Very simple explanation.
Laughing at the silliness of this video for two reasons.
1.) The moment the vials are broken, the tritium would escape and shoot straight up to the ceiling and eventually out into the upper atmosphere. It would not be around long enough to even detect near the vial.
2.) I don't get the whole point of destroying art to get the tritium vials. You can buy those vials online, by the dozens, in multiple different colors, dirt cheap.
I am so lucky I have someone like him as my science teacher!
"Come to Quark's, Quark's is fun, come right now, don't walk - run!"
I was more intrigued by that geiger counter than anything. I've already got a Radalert and a Radex but they definitely can't differentiate between alpha, beta and gamma emissions like that one apparently can...
The Action Lab - GREAT VIDEO THANK YOU! Could you also make a video about uranium glass, i have some at home and was wondering how its made, why it's green, why it glows under a UV-light and how much (if any) radiation it emits?
It's safe enough, just don't eat off of it and wash you hands after touching it.
It’s actually fine to eat off of as long as it is not cracked or chipped. It does emit a small amount of radiation but nothing outside of a normal range, you would get more radiation from a day outside in the sun than the period of time you would use uranium glass for a meal.
What about the braking radiation (bremsstrahlung) xrays from tritium vials? I can't find any info on whether these pose a long term risk to people who carry tritium on their keychain for example.
I would assume we ingest insignificant amounts of tritium with some amount of regularity. It naturally makes up a minuscule percentage of hydrogen, but given that hydrogen is so abundant I’d doubt that there weren’t at least a couple atoms of tritium for every so much amount of water we drink, whether it be per gallon or per the total amount consumed in a year.
How dare you... Everyone knows protons are red and electrons are blue!! Otherwise the entire reality would collapse
its the opposite wtf
@@younlok1081 from now on we are enemies, dude
No!!! Electrons are yellow!! Protons are red and neutrons are blue!!!
BTW I am blue red colour blind.....
@@shaypatrickcormac4670 sad i know your feeling kinda
i have a friend who is green red color blind
Out of many CZcams and other explanations of tritium decay, this is the only one that includes the up quark and W- boson steps. Even ChatGPT didn't include these steps. Thanks for being precise, it DOES make a difference.
*Tritium is what we use in our night sights on our guns.* 100% safe
Incorrect. No amount of radioactive material is 100% safe.
Peter Booth have you heard abt background radiations?
@@petebike Cosmic radiation *cough*
@@dhruvakashyap3899 I mean.... people do get skin cancer
It's a Benin risk but still there
@@Ni999 visible light is electromagnetic radiation
I would like to know if krypton-85 could be used for power production instead of tritium, and shouldn't it give out a lot more juice?
hello sir,
what will happen when hydrophobic body dip into an acid, will it try to repel h2o molecules of acid or show reaction??
Sorry Action Lab, though interesting, it’ll take a bit more than that to beat instant pickles.
Action lab in two years: lung cancer lab
5:46 there was a green flash on the screen a few seconds after breaking the vial. Was this tritium irradiating the camera sensor?
In some old exit signs I found at my dad's work, they had florescent lights and a lead-acid battery, rather than tritium vials, which would probably be more expensive .
Does the tritium vile without the phosphor material inside of it emit ultraviolet invisible light? If it does what wavelength is it?
I used a very small tritium vial to add about 200mCi of tritium to RF excited co2 laser gas tube and it greatly increased the response to excitation with immediate ignition of the tube. It did away with the need to tickle the tube with a keep alive voltage 🤓
_Doc Ock wants to know your location._
Thank you for this video... I was wondering what happens
No! Don't do it! This is your Mom talkin here! :) So fun seeing you on my "Live" today!
You must be a very proud mother.
@@wheelsiam_ lol, yes l am :)
Wait, you're his mother?
Precious tritium is what makes this project go. There's only 25 pounds of it on the whole planet. I'd like to thank Harry Osborn and Oscorp Industries for providing it.
Thank you dude, answered my exact questions after hearing about the tritium leak in Minnesota, love your videos subscribing
One time I saw green glowing bark whenever I was camping
This is a very good experiment to demonstrate some very important nuclear physics principles!
🤔...Very interesting...👌🏼 Thanks for the education and breakdown...💯✔
I have a few watches with Tritium in the bezel and clock hands. The brand is Traser, for those interested. Cool video!
“The only way it would be dangerous is if you inhaled the gas”. Proceeds to crack open vile to inhale maximum dose.
You forgot thet Tritium is hydrogen. As soon as you broke the vial it goes upwards and escapes through every hole in the roof.
As long as you do not breathe it in - it is gone the moment you break the vial.
Even inhaling tritium isn't that bad as long as you are in a dry environment the problem with tritium is it attaches to water molecules very easily so it attaches the humidity in the air then you breathe it in then it gets into your body and is very bad. We used to deal with large bottles of tritium when I was in the military about the size of a door knob or so.
I had a friend who worked at a nuclear facility that had a lot of tritium. He said that a couple of times they had accidents and when they did they just sent all the employees to the bar to drink beer for the rest of the day. That helped flush the system.
Please rename this to:
*REENACTING CHERNOBYL!! DO NOT TRY AT HOME!!*
Sir if a neutron id udd and a proton is udu, the from where e and v came??
And sir i experince a weard phenomenon , when i try to run suddenly , i dont move ahead , rather my feet start going back , so can you explain this, tough its hard to explain in text what to you by me
This is what happens when you are into chemistry
Except this isnt chemistry.. it’s basically nuclear physics
You destroyed me like Hiroshima Nagasaki
Next video-"What happens if you break a nuclear power plant reactor ?"
Up, up, down, left, right, up, up.
Super combo punch!!!
Where can you buy one of thoes
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Q: Which is more powerful/useful, as perhaps a fuel source, Deuterium or Tritium?
Q: Also, are more heavier isotopes of Hydrogen even possible (Tetrium, Pentium, Hexium, etc.), or would they be so unstable as to decay nearly instantly?
btw - I would think that most of the health concerns with Tritium would be at the point of manufacture. Due to the relative volumes of the stuff, if not the reactor necessary to make it from regular Hydrogen. (I'd still want to wear a breather though, if I had anything to do with it - especially at industrial quantities).
That & if you'd confuse a mild radioactive, like Tritium, with something significantly more toxic, like Radium (which was also used for it's phosphorescent glow in the 1920s & 30s).
Go Google "Radium girls" & "Radium jaw" for more graphic details...
Hydrogen-4 has been created, and it only lasts a few milliseconds
People also regularly ingest nitro glycerin for their heart. Yep. A relative still can’t believe people take lithium too. They worked in the steel pants and when lithium came in, they would throw a drop or too in a puddle in the parking lot and watch it explode. Medical doctors are the evilest mad scientists of them all..
Also used in the instrument panels on old airplanes to light up the dials
Can you explain more about the antineutrino and what happens if it hits you?
In the beginning you accidentally said “only one photon” instead of proton 👍🏼 when describing tritium. Love your vids man!
Great explication
Anything that glows for 12 years, can be seen by the naked eye, I do not want around me. I know all about the physics involved and why its safe. but I still do not want it near me. for some reason.
@1234coolman well keep laughing until I substitute your perfectly safe tritium vial with some polonium.
Also, how was the tea? Good? Harasho.
You've already been, or inevitably will be, exposed to *far more* of the same watching TV.
My carry pistol has tritium sights that have been pressed up against my skin for over a decade. I swap them out every 2 years so it’s fresh tritium also. No ill effects whatsoever, and that’s almost constant contact with my skin.
@@Ni999 ridiculous statement, you do not know which and what tech i use.
@@johnd9357 thanks for sharing
I just learned so much shit I’m gonna forget by tomorrow. Great video.
i swear i have learned about more things watching your videos than i ever did throughout all 12 grades of school lol
I learned what quarks are. Thank you.
A neutrino walks into a bar. The bartender says, “Get out! We don’t serve any neutrinos in this bar.” The neutrino replies, “Don’t mind me; I’m just passing through.”
Love your vids
8:15 Even wristwatches have them!
Wrist watches have radium...
Nope.
@@michaelesposito2629 Nope? Can you google it up? Nope?
@ꀯ okay
Where can you get this stuff. It would be interesting to replace LEDs for night lights.
So where can we get large volumes such materials
@The Action Lab Can you tell me where you got those tritium vials? That size looks perfect for what I need them for.
Me: Nods thoughtfully through description of quarks as if I understand.
Ah, so witchcraft you say?
You did not do science in school? Like the advance one? I thought people watching Action labs videos have done that.
But now that I think about it, people who did not do advance science may watch his videos, because why not.
@@joandy2749 I took physics and chemistry. We never really got down smaller than protons and neutrons from what I remember. I have heard of quarks of course, but don't really understand them. As for what I'm doing on the channel, I find science interesting, even if I'm not in a scientific field or highly trained in the subject.
@@jasepoag8930 You are in what grade? Yeah, you do not have to be very knowledgeble in science to find it interesting and to like watching scientific videos... I wonder tho if at least one person who had not choose science as a subject enjoy these kind of scientific videos. Maybe yes maybe no... But I think yes.
@@joandy2749 I'm 31, so like 25th grade. Lol
@@jasepoag8930 Haha... Maybe at your time, quarks may not have been a well known thing or was not in the curriculum or you forgot about the explanation of quarks.
Did you have the back cover of the Radiascan removed before testing? The beta from tritium decay is so low in energy that it's actually closer to alpha in terms of ease of blocking. Also you could just buy a batch of tritium glowsticks online no need to pay for a whole Chernobyl replica.
After the transformation, the nucleus has two protons, and one electron? Why does the stray electron go shooting off instead of being attracted by the nucleus?
him holding it up to his face while hes breaking it in the thumbnail😂
also good music choice
music works well imo
Action lab posted a new video
Me:Ah sh*t here we go again.
This is why you don’t eat our pendants.
Your little bronze models of Chernobyl need little army men standing around it now to be accurate.
What happens when you break a vial of radioactive tritium? Spiderman beats yo ass
Can you acquire Di-Deuterium Oxide? (Heavy water, or Water with a hydrogen Neutron) and maybe do some weird stuff with it.
Ray3D yes you can
Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh why ask something you already know brah? You literally answered your own question. Its caled heavy water or deuterated water boi and its exactly how you described it. So my take from that is that you seriously need to bring ur ass back to the drawing board and re think your direction in terms of extremely mediocre and fallacy filled comments on the website, youtube. Ask yourself if your here to give knowledge or gain knowledge and try rub together 2 or 3 of those sluggish neurons in your pathetic head to decide and move forward in this deep and accountable realm of the comment section
o 44 I think he was asking if this guy could make a video on it not if anyone knew what it was so...
o 44 r/iamverysmart
@@OF01975 Can you read?
LOL you're awesome. Shared.
Where did the action lab get the shyrnobyle model at?
You can have the Tritium, but bring me Spider-man alive.
So, you release radioactive tritium in a room and stay in the room to explain that inhaling it is dangerous.
My breakfast included mackerel, yours included becquerel....
You had me at Chernobyl.
Don't forget wrist watches! I have a Marathon watch with tritium vials on the hands and hour markers. Really cool!