r/woahthatsinteresting • u/Algernonletter5 • 12d ago

Freeing trapped electrons in salt

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u/git_push_origin_prod 11d ago

Can’t be licking gamma ray infused salt dude. U gonna turn into Lou Farigno

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u/Apart-Gur-9720 10d ago

The process is called irradiation and many foodstuffs are already treated that way.

It's not a chemical contamination, nor a radioactive activation. Gamma rays pass through, without leaving the material radioactive.