• @[email protected]
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    961 month ago

    Bonus: the photo was taken with a film camera and the graininess is from all the radiation.

      • @buddascrayon
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        121 month ago

        It’s kind of crazy how the electron beam looks like a special effect from a 1980’s sci-fi movie.

      • Iron Lynx
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        61 month ago

        Aside from the film grain, I’m pretty impressed that the camera seemed to survive that and that the footage from it could be extracted like nothing of this nature had ever happened to the device.

      • @[email protected]
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        41 month ago

        Super cool. Working on some ebeam sterilization stuff through contractors. Cool to see the nuts and bolts.

      • Ziglin (they/them)
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        21 month ago

        Does non beta-radiation have the same effect? (Especially gamma rays which don’t even have an electric charge)

        • Synapse
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          31 month ago

          I don’t know. If the gamma rays are absorbed and converted to electrons in the photo-sensor, it could also cause noise I suppose ?

        • @[email protected]
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          101 month ago

          because only product being irradiated goes there. no human should be in that area. plus with the lights off you see the ionized air. that would probably be washed out with another light source.

            • Echo Dot
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              1 month ago

              But you can see the radiation beam perfectly easily without illumination so what’s the actual problem

              • @[email protected]
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                01 month ago

                the lighting should be consistent throughout the experiment so that the effect of the radiation cannot be confused with change in light levels. goodness, why would someone need that explained to them? you must not be the inquisitive type.

    • @Masta_Chief
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      1 month ago

      Noise: digital

      Grain: film