Cleaning up radiation, take two!

[Charlatan]

I read now that radiation is due to unpaired electrons. If we were to unleash a lot of electrons on a place where the radiation is, or even just electrify the area, the radiation would clear up of 'free radicals.'

[uzumaki1107]

...No, i dont think this is quite how it works

[Angry Citizen]

Charlatan, you'd probably be an interesting fiction writer for settings in extradimensional lands, but your grasp of science is beyond sad. 'Unleash[ing] a lot of electrons' is one of the definitions of radiation - beta radiation, in fact.

[FriedrichSeneca]

I read now that radiation is due to unpaired electrons. If we were to unleash a lot of electrons on a place where the radiation is, or even just electrify the area, the radiation would clear up of 'free radicals.'

Problem 1: What about alpha radiations?

Problem 2: those beta particules come along with gamma rays.

Problem 3: once alpha, beta and gamma radiations has messed-up your cells and DNA, there is nothing to do about it. Taking more radiation will only cause more damage.

Problem 4: free neutrons, messing with other atom's neuclei, sometime causing them to become radioactive. To "electrify the area" won't change the structure of the atoms' nuclei.

[minorwork]

I read now that radiation is due to unpaired electrons. If we were to unleash a lot of electrons on a place where the radiation is, or even just electrify the area, the radiation would clear up of 'free radicals.'

Where did you read that?

What do you mean "electrify an area?"

What makes free radicals in the body? Normal metabolism. But, radiation produces many more than metabolism. It is the free radicals that kill because the radiation produces them in much greater numbers than the body normally has to deal with. Yet you propose MORE radiation to counter free radicals? WTF? What reading material has sourced this nonsense?

[Charlatan]

I mean we repair them. That or releae positrons.

[Charlatan]

Where did you read that?

What do you mean "electrify an area?"

What makes free radicals in the body? Normal metabolism. But, radiation produces many more than metabolism. It is the free radicals that kill because the radiation produces them in much greater numbers than the body normally has to deal with. Yet you propose MORE radiation to counter free radicals? WTF? What reading material has sourced this nonsense?

Okay, well, i was thinking more of a 'repairing' of radiation, so that it stabalises. if the radiation was paired up again with the things that keep it stable, it could neutralise the harmful effects of radiation? this would make it safe, yes?

[Zeebadee]

I read now that radiation is due to unpaired electrons. If we were to unleash a lot of electrons on a place where the radiation is, or even just electrify the area, the radiation would clear up of 'free radicals.'

Why not make it a personal choice issue? If someone suspected that they have a radiation problem the could just buy a pound or two of electrons on the internet and sprinkle them around their home. Issue solved.

[Charlatan]

Why not make it a personal choice issue? If someone suspected that they have a radiation problem the could just buy a pound or two of electrons on the internet and sprinkle them around their home. Issue solved.

i was talking about nuclear waste, zeebadee.

[grandpa]

i was talking about nuclear waste, zeebadee.

Nothing says "Hope for future generations" better than nuclear waste.

Grandpa h.

[Zeebadee]

i was talking about nuclear waste, zeebadee.

But you said, "If we were to unleash a lot of electrons on a place where the radiation is, or even just electrify the area, the radiation would clear up of 'free radicals.'"

I was just suggesting a way to do that.

[Charlatan]

But you said, "If we were to unleash a lot of electrons on a place where the radiation is, or even just electrify the area, the radiation would clear up of 'free radicals.'"

I was just suggesting a way to do that.

oh, ok.