Is a alarm clock radioactive?

Question

I heard that somebody found the most radio activity near his alarm clock next to his bed. Is that true or even possible?

Answer 1

It might be slightly radioactive; however, very small amount of radiation is not bad for you. Your television set and microwave gives off a little bit. There is a small amount in fresh air. If your alarm clock gives off a little bit, don't worry about it.

Society has had alarm clocks for many years, and we are living longer than ever. I suggest not worrying about little things like that.

Answer 2

She asked if it is possible for an ALARM CLOCK could be radio active - she said nothing about CLOCK RADIOS.

The most common way of making an object glow in the dark is to use chemicals called phosphors to produce light. These kind of glow-in-the-dark objects need to be exposed to light, or charged, in order to glow. The light energizes the phosphors and excites their electrons. As the electrons lose this extra energy, they release it as a light of their own.

Scientists have created numerous phosphors in the lab, but zinc sulfide and strontium aluminate are the ones that are most commonly used in glow-in-the-dark products, with strontium aluminate being the longer lasting of the two. The chemicals are mixed right in with the plastic that is molded into glow in the dark stars for your ceiling or added to the pigment of your Halloween make-up.

On rare occasions, something will glow in the dark without needing to be charged. These items still use phosphors to create the glow, but they add a radioactive element like radium to the compound. The radioactive element gives off small amounts of radiation, not enough to be dangerous, that constantly charge the phosphors in the same way a light would. Radiation-charged phosphors are typically used on clock or watch hands that need to glow hours after a light has been turned off.

So to answer your question - yes it is true - and even possible.

Answer 3

I believe the practice of coating the hands of clocks with radio active material (in vogue some years ago), has now been discontinued now. It is probably a coating of phosphorous or some glow material other than radio active substance on the clock hands that was found. You could possibly check this out with the manufacturer of the clock.

Answer 4

That is why some people still use a whined up clock. No dead has ever been linked to a clock radio. people need to relax.

Answer 5

yes but its not noticable unless its a clock radio. When the thing goes off at about 5AM thats when its radio active.

Answer 6

well this radio activity comes from radio waves being pulled into the receiver (assuming its a clock radio) so no, its not radioactive.

Answer 7

yes. some older alarm clockes had radiation in them.

Answer 8

If it glows in the dark, there's a real good chance it's coated with radioactive material.

Answer 9

probably not, unless its a leaking atomic clock, which would fill up half of the room

Answer 10

No, I don't think so because today is our modern time than 1950's.... You can look up this information at the site below.