Lead is slightly radioactive. Presumably the person building the device would either source the right isotope or just use an existing vapor container from an old unit. Of course if it was totally scratch built, I'd still just buy the right isotope.
-Bob On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 4:18 PM, Rick Karlquist <rich...@karlquist.com>wrote: > J. Forster wrote: > >> I'd imagine building a Cs unit might be a bit easier than an H MASER, > but > > not by much. Certainly a Rb is easier. > > > > -John > > Other than the "glassware", building an Rb is entirely possible > in your garage, at least if you are a certifiable time nut. > This is based on the HP 10816 mini-Rb I worked on circa 1980. > It would be even easier now. > > The glassware is tricky only because you have to work with > stuff that is more like fused quartz than glass. This is because > regular glass can't deal with Rb very well. > > The other problem for the garage builder is that one of the Rb > isotopes is slightly radioactive. Probably not OK to have > in your garage. > > Rick Karlquist N6RK > > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
