[color=003399]"I don't think that's how it works."[/color] Joel replied, before looking at the Mason sisters. [color=003399]"I guess you two know, right?"[/color]
We Are Our Avatars IX: Act V: The Sabotage of the Scandolous Saurian Scoundrels (Open)
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<color=green>"For an object to be contaminated, or irradiated, from radioactivity it has to be a significant amount of radiation. It also has to be the right type of radiation. For radioactive sources, touching the object just means that you're a whole lot closer to the source. And that means the amount of radiation you receive is much greater. Sort of like getting much warmer if you were closer to a campfire than if you were farther away. But touching a radioactive substance is ill advised, because if it's brittle, it could easily get on to your skin. And that will be even more hazardous if some of that gets through a break in the skin, like a cut. And from that, certain particles, which cannot pass through the skin, can now get inside and cause serious harm."
She took a breath to continue.
<color=green>"Fortunately though, EMily has not picked up any gamma rays coming off of Joel, which are the most penetrating. And I haven't picked up any signs of beta decay. Which probably means he's emitting alpha particles. Those will not pass through the skin unless you have an unsealed cut."
She took a breath to continue.
<color=green>"Fortunately though, EMily has not picked up any gamma rays coming off of Joel, which are the most penetrating. And I haven't picked up any signs of beta decay. Which probably means he's emitting alpha particles. Those will not pass through the skin unless you have an unsealed cut."
"Well...." Sophia hmmed as she rubbed her chin. "At the college they did mention stuff about that once or twice. They were saying it's this really small thing." Sophia squinted her eyes like she was trying to remember. "It was really late in the day then, and I was really hungry, and before I know it they are talking about plum pudding and other foods for some reason." Sophia lamented as she drooped her head a little. "But, it's a small thing, and stuff is made from it right?"
<color=green>"Well an atom is one of the smallest objects we can physically measure. Imagine if I were to take an apple and cut it in half. And then again... and then again. Eventually you'd get to a particle that's too small to cut apart, and there'd be no knife sharp enough to split it. It would take about 90 successive cuts in half before you would arrive to the approximate size of the atom. The atom has three parts to it. The proton and neutrons that make up the nucleus of the atom. And buzzing around the outside of this nucleus are much lighter particles called electrons. In fact electrons flowing from one atom to another is what makes electricity. But essentially, everything that we can see and touch are made of atoms."
She took another deep breath.
<color=green>"Most atomic nuclei are stable. Which means they won't break apart any part of itself. But there are unstable nuclei that break apart because of their instability. And that's what produces radioactivity."
She took another deep breath.
<color=green>"Most atomic nuclei are stable. Which means they won't break apart any part of itself. But there are unstable nuclei that break apart because of their instability. And that's what produces radioactivity."
<color=green>"Yes, we'll be fine. It can also enter through the mouth, but Joel isn't emitting enough for us to get sick from the radiation. For the record, I and my sisters are resistant to radiation. Joel is resistant as well. EMily and I will keep a watch for gamma and beta radiation, which are more penetrating and give far worse than just radiation sickness. Beta radiation can be shielded by standard metals like thin aluminum or iron. However to shield yourself from gamma radiation you have to place yourself behind something dense like stone or lead, and sometimes even feet of dirt. Some of my attacks will involve beta decay, however those are only used sparingly. None of them will involve gamma radiation. Sometimes, if the opportunity is granted, EMily can use an attack involving gamma rays. And again, it's used sparingly because we know the risks."
Faro walked back up to Samus, looking at her rather nervously. "H-hey..." he said with his clear accent.
"A-Alright..." Sophia eventually said, a dumb-founded look on her face as she tried to make sense of what Winona said. 'Almost makes that pudding version more appealing...' She thought to herself before letting out a small chuckle and shaking her head slowly.
"You guys really know a lot about how the world works then." She complemented Winona with a small smile.
"You guys really know a lot about how the world works then." She complemented Winona with a small smile.
"I see... Then I shall take care not to cut myself during my stay here." Yeul stated, bowing her head momentarily. She had more questions on the matter, but decided to not ask Winona so to not divide her attention more.
"So that is why you asked of Sophia if she had a form of resistance against radiation." Caius mused, speaking after Yeul finished. "I have but... limited understanding of this force, so I could not speak with certainty, but I should think neither Yeul nor myself have any such resistance." he informed.
Yeul glanced to Caius as he spoke, and looked back to Winona once he finished, standing up. "I will leave you to speak with Sophia, now. We may talk later, if you so wish." She stated, then began walking towards the doorway, Caius pushing off the wall and following silently.
"So that is why you asked of Sophia if she had a form of resistance against radiation." Caius mused, speaking after Yeul finished. "I have but... limited understanding of this force, so I could not speak with certainty, but I should think neither Yeul nor myself have any such resistance." he informed.
Yeul glanced to Caius as he spoke, and looked back to Winona once he finished, standing up. "I will leave you to speak with Sophia, now. We may talk later, if you so wish." She stated, then began walking towards the doorway, Caius pushing off the wall and following silently.
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Winona nodded to Yeul to excuse her and turned back to Sophia, looking bashful from the compliment.
<color=green>"That's what scientists like to investigate. We want to know the world around us. But let me draw you a picture of what I'm talking about." Winona took a napkin from the kitchen and a pencil from a jar somewhere. She drew the standard model of the atom, with the nucleus at the center represented as a small circle. And then she drew several small dots around the nucleus to point out the electrons.
<color=green>"In the center is that nucleus I was referring to. And around that is the electron cloud, and those are the small dots. And individual atoms that share electrons bond with each other to make compounds. And that's how they stack up like building blocks to make things like cheese, apples, refrigerators, as well as you and me. The plum pudding model you were talking about earlier was a model that was disused and later replaced by the Bohr model, and then this model. They called it plum pudding model because they thought it consisted of large electrons that were hard in a material that was soft. Like plums in plum pudding."
Winona nodded to Yeul to excuse her and turned back to Sophia, looking bashful from the compliment.
<color=green>"That's what scientists like to investigate. We want to know the world around us. But let me draw you a picture of what I'm talking about." Winona took a napkin from the kitchen and a pencil from a jar somewhere. She drew the standard model of the atom, with the nucleus at the center represented as a small circle. And then she drew several small dots around the nucleus to point out the electrons.
<color=green>"In the center is that nucleus I was referring to. And around that is the electron cloud, and those are the small dots. And individual atoms that share electrons bond with each other to make compounds. And that's how they stack up like building blocks to make things like cheese, apples, refrigerators, as well as you and me. The plum pudding model you were talking about earlier was a model that was disused and later replaced by the Bohr model, and then this model. They called it plum pudding model because they thought it consisted of large electrons that were hard in a material that was soft. Like plums in plum pudding."
Samus looked at Faro, dismissing her arm cannon. "Hello." Her voice and face betrayed no emotion.
"Eh, so...I'd like it if you were to...Lay off my master...What? Seras. I meant to say Seras! Just...yeah..." Faro said meekly.
Samus was mildly surprised by this. "I... Do not quite understand why you'd ask that, but so be it."
"Yeah, well...We're connected because she's the one that made me like this. So...I'd rather not have bad things happen to her. Ya know what I mean?" Faro tried to explain.
Seeing the model did help Sophia visualize what Winona meant much better, although it was apparent that Sophia still didn't quite grasp the true significance of the model. It was obvious she was trying however, as her lips puckered slightly as she stared at the napkin. "So... if those little guys... the electrons you said, are spinning around like that... What's making them stay there and not fly away? Is it like... gravity or something?" She asked.
<color=green>"Good question, but it's not gravity. It's far to weak to hold them together at that scale. The deal is that the protons have a positive electric charge. And the electrons have a negative electric charge. And since negative charges attract positive charges, they hold themselves together. The force that holds themselves together is what's called the electromagnetic force, which is the force that EMily uses. It's the same force that creates lightning."
<color=green>"But 'so what then?' you might say. If they're so small, how can we know they're there? It took many experiments to even come up with a model that fit all of the scientists' results. The nature of the nucleus, including the size, weight, and electric charge, was estimated by Ernest Rutherford in his gold foil experiment. The electron's electric charge was determined by Miliken's oil drop experiment. After some more experiments with Lorentz and Thompson they were able to estimate its mass as well. And after some calculations about how an electron 'orbits' around the nucleus, they came up with an average size."
<color=green>"But 'so what then?' you might say. If they're so small, how can we know they're there? It took many experiments to even come up with a model that fit all of the scientists' results. The nature of the nucleus, including the size, weight, and electric charge, was estimated by Ernest Rutherford in his gold foil experiment. The electron's electric charge was determined by Miliken's oil drop experiment. After some more experiments with Lorentz and Thompson they were able to estimate its mass as well. And after some calculations about how an electron 'orbits' around the nucleus, they came up with an average size."