http://www.ohgizmo.com/2007/12/12/litroenergy-promises-12-years-of-free-glowy/ Deliciously Geeky... Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:16:56 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.ohgizmo.com/2007/12/12/litroenergy-promises-12-years-of-free-glowy/comment-page-1/#comment-353198 Mutholini Sun, 16 Dec 2007 18:06:03 +0000 http://www.ohgizmo.com/2007/12/12/litroenergy-promises-12-years-of-free-glowy/#comment-353198 These aren't betavoltaics at all - betavoltaics are systems which capture the beta particles (read: electrons) from decaying nuclei to produce an electric current, hence the "voltaics" part in betavoltaics. In the case of these items and all other self-contained, tritium-driven glow materials, the radiation from the tritium simply excites a luminescent phosphor coating, causing it to glow. These aren’t betavoltaics at all – betavoltaics are systems which capture the beta particles (read: electrons) from decaying nuclei to produce an electric current, hence the “voltaics” part in betavoltaics. In the case of these items and all other self-contained, tritium-driven glow materials, the radiation from the tritium simply excites a luminescent phosphor coating, causing it to glow.

]]> http://www.ohgizmo.com/2007/12/12/litroenergy-promises-12-years-of-free-glowy/comment-page-1/#comment-352282 Troy Wed, 12 Dec 2007 19:18:34 +0000 http://www.ohgizmo.com/2007/12/12/litroenergy-promises-12-years-of-free-glowy/#comment-352282 How about mounting this above toilets so we don't have to wiz by ecco-location in the middle of the night? How about mounting this above toilets so we don’t have to wiz by ecco-location in the middle of the night?

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