razd writes:
evidence of 222Rn leaving some uranium inclusions, where Gentry mis-identifies them as "embryonic" halos in spite of such things being physically impossible according to all the known physics.
It has been explained numerous times that uranium "embryonic" halos are possible according to "all the known physics". May I ask a moderator to intervene and ask RAZD to stop repeating this?
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photos of many halos in coal are elliptical . This can be interpreted as the radiocenter moving. The purpose of wood is to transport water, therefore is not surprising that radiocenters in coal could have been moved by the water. As the radiocenter moves, alpha particles emitted will discolor the surrounding coal, and the halo will be elliptical. However, the major axis of these elliptical halos are of the order of 10 micro meters so I think that the daughter products only moved away by ~10um.
Anyway, the topic in this thread is more focused on Polonium halos found in rocks. Rocks are not like wood where there can be solutions moving. The halos in rocks are circular, not elliptical.
If people want to claim that Radon can leave the radiocenter and go somewhere else, why not prove it experimentally? Take a granite rock without halos, soak it in Rn222, and then check whether the 222Rn decayed inside the granite. The half life of 222Rn is just a few days, so this experiment can be stopped after 10 days.
I bought a hydrogen balloon for my son some time ago. The gas diffused out in a few days. Radon atoms are much larger than helium atoms. Balloons are much more prone to diffusion than rocks. It is absurd to believe that diffusion of Radon-222 occurs within a few days in granite.
RAZD writes:
evidence of 222Rn and lots of decay along fissures and cracks.
There is some truth to this statement, as many of the polonium halo photos show cracks. Many polonium halo photos have only a single ring. If the radiocenter started off as 222Rn center, there should be 4 rings. Also, in some photos (in my opininon majority of the polonium halos do occur along cracks) Polonium halos occur without any visible cracks:
The photo above is from
Fossil Alpha-Recoil Analysis of Certain Variant Radioactive Halos
Edited by peaceharris, : grammar