Tag: Smoke Alarm Detection

Have you ever looked towards the ceiling and observed your smoke alarm then thought, "I wonder how that works?" The simple answer is "With cunning ingenuity". The first thing you need to know is there exist two fundamental smoke alarms models.The most popular design is a nuclear-powered model and is referred to as an ionization smoke detector. They require minimal space and are inexpensive and more popular than the second kind of detector, which is the photoelectric detector.  Smoke Alarms With Radioactive Substance Americium 241 The core of an ionization smoke detector lays an insignificant amount of radioactive substance called Americium 241, along with two plates of opposite electric opposite polarity. The sensor is housed in an air-flowing metal chamber. It is also accompanied by...