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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.
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.