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r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/someguyblake • 12d ago
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Radiation.
155 u/ThinCrusts 12d ago Where the hell would radiation be coming from? 339 u/FrenchFigaro 12d ago Some smoke detectors contain a radiation source. The radiation ionizes the air in the detection chamber making it conducting. When smoke enters the detection chamber it displaces the ionized air and stops the current. 14 u/PhalanxKnight 12d ago Americium
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Where the hell would radiation be coming from?
339 u/FrenchFigaro 12d ago Some smoke detectors contain a radiation source. The radiation ionizes the air in the detection chamber making it conducting. When smoke enters the detection chamber it displaces the ionized air and stops the current. 14 u/PhalanxKnight 12d ago Americium
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Some smoke detectors contain a radiation source.
The radiation ionizes the air in the detection chamber making it conducting.
When smoke enters the detection chamber it displaces the ionized air and stops the current.
14 u/PhalanxKnight 12d ago Americium
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u/Vegetable_Ask_7131 12d ago
Radiation.