I dunno about *your* middle school science, but I'm pretty sure most people's doesn't really explain fluorescence. I think your position is pretty weak here. You...must...chill... ;-)
Besides, having fluorescent material around isn't a special case anymore, it's called a energy-efficient light bulb. I'd even go so far as to call them "ordinary".
And if the radiation low in neutrons or photons, you're probably not toast because it doesn't penetrate well--your clothes will protect you from betas, and your dead skin will protect you from external alpha radiation--but either one could still make a fluorescent surface glow. Radon kills because your lungs don't have a dead skin layer to protect them once you get the gas in there.
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Date: 2007-10-27 05:23 pm (UTC)Besides, having fluorescent material around isn't a special case anymore, it's called a energy-efficient light bulb. I'd even go so far as to call them "ordinary".
And if the radiation low in neutrons or photons, you're probably not toast because it doesn't penetrate well--your clothes will protect you from betas, and your dead skin will protect you from external alpha radiation--but either one could still make a fluorescent surface glow. Radon kills because your lungs don't have a dead skin layer to protect them once you get the gas in there.
But it's a funny story nevertheless.