byron addams fusor update

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Does slate stop x-rays I’ve never heard of it being used for stopping x-rays before. I have worked with lead a lot before and know how to use it safely.
Trying to keep the magic smoke from getting out.
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Yes, Slate will attenuate X rays, but it will need to be thicker, which it usually is. There is nothing magic about lead except that it's massive.
The more reactive the materials, the more spectacular the failures.
The testing isn't over until the prototype is destroyed.
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I still work with lead and cadmium in castings. Worked with the stuff for years. Let the stuff melt outside and only then approach, do your business with the molten metal and let that be it. A mask helps on big prolonged casting efforts, but I tend to shun masks when doing real involved stuff. As far as the hands? No gloves. Just wash up well after you put all the materials away. Other than for casting hundreds of bullets, I rarely work with lead-antimony alloys much anymore. Cadmium demanded for low melting point alloys, which I sell, is getting tough to find. Roto metals sells cadmium but it is not on their long list of metals on the home page. A call to them will get you all you want.

Be very serious about this stuff only if you work in a job where it is molten all the time. I have always failed to see the ridiculous overwhelming concern for rare and highly intermittent handling of these things, especially as relates to simple radiation shielding.
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