File:Am-241 Button, Optical Micrograph (40x).jpg

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English: This is a 40x-magnification optical micrograph of the Am-241 alpha radiation source button from the ionization chamber of an ionization-type smoke detector. The center gold foil is ~0.2 mm thick; it contains approximately 37 kBq/1 nmol/241 ng of americium-241 in the form of americium(IV) oxide.
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Author Riley Scott Jacob
Camera location42° 26′ 33.37″ N, 76° 29′ 20.01″ W  Heading=114.43212121212° Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

Photograph is afocal w/ an iPhone X. Microscope used is an AmScope M500B-MS. 4x objective lens with 10x eyepiece.

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40x optical micrograph of an ionization-type smoke detector's Am-241 alpha source button.

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