Gamma Spectrometry Forum

Hello,

my name is Nicolai, I am 48 years old, married - two kids (two boys), and I am a typical nerd-dad. We live here south of of Germany, in Bavaria, near Rosenheim.

The last years I have been doing a lot of astrophotography and since half a year I have been diving into the field of radiation and gamma-spectrometry. I do this also to engage my youngest son into science topics, to spark the flame of interest in this fascinating world around us. With astrophotography I could not raise any interest, but with radioactivity my boy really has a blast, running around in museums, looking for spicy items with his Radiacode.

My background: I am a chemist, did my PHD in supramolecular structures, did a lot of research on dyes, lipids, controlled release etc.....so not so much with radioactivity. But the basics I have.
In our arsenal we have the RC110 and the KC761C. So only rather small handheld devices.

But the plan is to purchase a larger CsI - detector, preferably from Gammaspectacular - waiting for my bonus check so I can pull the trigger.

So I am eager to learn from you much more experienced folks - thank you for accepting my registration here.

Regards,

Nico

Nico,

Welcome to the forum, great to have you here, and great to hear that you are inspiring your kids to do science. I tried to do the same with my three boys, but sometimes it is not so cool to do what dad does 😎, so they are mostly into computers.

The atom is the last frontier of understanding, despite all the quantum mechanics and fundamental forces of the standard model, I think the atom is till a mystery - The emission and absorption of a photon at the fundamental level is still a puzzle to me.

I hope you find interesting conversation on the forum.

Steven