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minus-squareHugeNerd@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoBeta particles wouldn’t go through the glass in the first place.
minus-squareRedjard@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 month agoThe beta emission of ⁶⁰Co can probably get through over 6mm of glass. This should be plenty for phones. But also ⁶⁰Co undergoes beta decay to an excited state of the stable isotope nickel-60 (⁶⁰Ni), which then emits two gamma rays […]
minus-squareTar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoEven if it got blocked, there’s a fair bit of metal in a phone which will produce Bremsstrahlung under beta radiation. Obviously that’s only going to hit your face, not the sensor.
Beta particles wouldn’t go through the glass in the first place.
The beta emission of ⁶⁰Co can probably get through over 6mm of glass. This should be plenty for phones.
But also
Even if it got blocked, there’s a fair bit of metal in a phone which will produce Bremsstrahlung under beta radiation. Obviously that’s only going to hit your face, not the sensor.