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   oldschool@tubes.com to jjlarkin@highlandtechnology.com   
   Re: China Capacitors are Radioactive   
   11 Feb 18 05:05:41   
   
   On Sat, 10 Feb 2018 17:53:32 -0800, John Larkin   
    wrote:   
      
   >>> Lots of things are radio active.   
      
   I always wondered how the term "Radio Active" came to be....   
      
   It has nothing to do with a Radio. If it did, everytime I turned on a   
   radio, it would be radio active, because when it's playing, it's active.   
      
   I sort of figure the "RAD" has to do with radiation, but why did the   
   word "radio" come to be used?   
      
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