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- From: jmd@bear.com (Josh Diamond)
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- Subject: Re: Airport X-Rays
- Message-ID: <JMD.92Jul28123006@lion.bear.com>
- Date: 28 Jul 92 16:30:06 GMT
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- In-reply-to: dvsg0223@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu's message of 24 Jul 92 17:44:33 GMT
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- In article <BrwMMA.6rG@news.cso.uiuc.edu> dvsg0223@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (David Salamon) writes:
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- >The X-rays themselves won't do any damage, unless you're carrying something
- >like 1000ASA photographic film, but they use pretty hefty electromagnets
- >to focus the beam, so I never trust floppies or tapes in them, just in case.
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- If there are magnets in those X-ray machines, they are most likely in the
- motors running the conveyer belt.
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- Don't forget the large transformers, and the large current needs of
- X-ray machines. These generate some pretty strong magnetic fields!!
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- Josh Diamond
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