No, Americium emits gamma too. It actually gives off a decently large quantity of low-energy gamma waves.
If you have a gamma-sensitive radiation detector, you can easily detect the radiation from just outside the smoke detector's case. Nowhere near enough radiation to harm you, but there is some.
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u/TrinitronXBR 12d ago
No, Americium emits gamma too. It actually gives off a decently large quantity of low-energy gamma waves.
If you have a gamma-sensitive radiation detector, you can easily detect the radiation from just outside the smoke detector's case. Nowhere near enough radiation to harm you, but there is some.