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Magnetics & radioactive
if placed near a coil of wire and possibly a iron core, would a radioactive substance (plutonium, uranium) induce a current in the wire? or any kind of transfer apart from heat?
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Kind of but it will be incredibly small.
Current is charge (coulombs) per second, now a beta particle has a charge of 1.6 x 10-19 coulombs so you need 1000000000000000000 a second to get just over an amp as your primary current to induce in your secondary.
This is about 20 times the radiation released in Chernobyl (4 x 1018 becquerels)
Current is charge (coulombs) per second, now a beta particle has a charge of 1.6 x 10-19 coulombs so you need 1000000000000000000 a second to get just over an amp as your primary current to induce in your secondary.
This is about 20 times the radiation released in Chernobyl (4 x 1018 becquerels)
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