Welcome back my fellow radiation nerds. Today we will explore the radioactivity and the nonsense of some more quantum science, scalar energy quackery items sold on Amazon!
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In the past I explored the radioactivity of two “Quantum Energy” pendants. In both cases they have turned out to be radioactive due to the Thorium content. Since then, most of those listings have been removed but occasionally they do pop up every now and then on websites such as Amazon.
Recently I was browsing through the internet and I found some “quantum energy”, stickers which I haven’t really explored before, so I decided to order them, and see if they will be radioactive.
Sticker Nr.1
The first sticker was marketed as an anti radiation sticker that will protect the user from the “harmful” 5G radiation… Right. The definitely not photoshopped stock photos on the listing, recommend placing the stickers on all electrical devices such as phones, tablets, laptops and TVs…
Despite the stickers being marketed as anti radiation, I measured pretty decent radioactivity coming off of them. When measured from the front, I got a result of 250 CPM and 700 CPM when measured from the back of the sticker at 1cm distance, with my Ludlum Model 3 with a 44-9 probe. Im guessing that the silicon layer blocks some of the alpha and beta radiation resulting in lower activity from the front.
I was curious about how was the sticker constructed and which part in particular made it radioactive, so I used my trusty Swiss knife to peal its layers one by one and conducted a little autopsy of it.
The sticker is made of three parts, silicon top, shiny middle part and sticky brown layer at the bottom. After measuring each part separately I found that the brown bottom layer was the radioactive one.
Sticker Nr.2
The second sticker was marketed as advance technology, Scalar Energy, Energy Saver, Made in Japan anti radiation protection…
and surprise surprise, when measured with my Ludlum Model 3 with 44-9 probe, I got a reading of over 2000 CPM at 1 cm distance.
Gamma spectroscopy and analysis of radioactive isotopes inside the stickers
The two pendants I explored before contain radioactive Thorium 232 and I was curious if that will also be the case with these stickers. To find out, I conducted a gamma spectroscopy with my RAYSID gamma spectrometer which revealed that both of the stickers contained radioactive Thorium 232 and its decay products.
Thorium ore (Monazite) is pretty common in China, in fact it’s much more common there than uranium which is why China is currently investing heavily into Thorium breeder reactors. I’m assuming Thorium is a waste product of Monazite processing as Monazite is rich in several other rare earth elements but I have absolutely no idea why is it being added to those stickers… I guess it at least makes a pretty cool check source for all of us nuclear nerds?
While those stickers are a pretty cool and relatively safe source to handle, their marketing is very misleading and they should definitely not be sold on Amazon or similar websites under their current description. Just remember that, some people still believe in tin foil hats…
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