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What is a tritium battery?
Betavoltaic devices, also known as betavoltaic cells, are generators of electric current, in effect a form of battery, which use energy from a radioactive source emitting beta particles (electrons). A common source used is the hydrogen isotope, tritium.
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What is the purpose of the atomic battery?
The terms atomic battery, nuclear battery, tritium battery and radioisotope generator are used to describe a device which uses energy from the decay of a radioactive isotope to generate electricity. Like nuclear reactors, they generate electricity from atomic energy, but differ in that they do not use a chain reaction.
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What is a plasma battery?
An opto-electric nuclear battery is a device that converts nuclear energy into light, which it then uses to generate electrical energy. A beta-emitter such as technetium-99 or strontium-90 is suspended in a gas or liquid containing luminescent gas molecules of the excimer type, constituting a "dust plasma."
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How does a RTG work?
A radioisotope thermoelectric generator, or RTG, uses the fact that radioactive materials (such as plutonium) generate heat as they decay into non-radioactive materials. The heat used is converted into electricity by an array of thermocouples which then power the spacecraft.
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What is the RTG?
A Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator (RTG, RITEG) is an electrical generator that uses an array of thermocouples to convert the heat released by the decay of a suitable radioactive material into electricity by the Seebeck effect.
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What does plutonium 238 decay into?
As plutonium-238 decays into Uranium-234, it gives off huge amounts of heat, enough to be harnessed into electric energy in NASA's nuclear batteries, called radioisotope thermoelectric generators or RTGs.
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Is it illegal to have plutonium?
You can own natural uranium. You need a federal license to own plutonium or enriched uranium. Yes, you have to be special licensed to possess quantities of Uranium and/or Plutonium of greater than 1 gram. If you are not licensed, then it is illegal to possess either element.
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What would happen if you touch plutonium?
However, if you ingest plutonium, the alpha particles inside your body may cause you cancer. But touching plutonium isn't dangerous (although if there is plutonium dust on it you could inhale it and then it would be dangerous, but assuming there is no dust no danger is present).
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Can you touch uranium?
Although touching Uranium is not fatal, if you are around a lot of it in a storage facility lets say, you can be exposed to low levels of gamma and beta radiation as they are emitted by the decay products of Uranium. That could have long term health effects and usually not the good ones.
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What would you get if you ate uranium?
Uranium is soluble in hydrochloric acid which is in your stomach, but it is dilute so the attack would be slow. The radiation effects would be minimal since it is only very slightly radioactive. HOWEVER (note caps) it is a heavy metal and can cause heavy metal poisoning if enough gets absorbed.
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Is uranium harmful to humans?
Natural and depleted uranium have the identical chemical effect on your body. The health effects of natural and depleted uranium are due to chemical effects and not to radiation. Uranium's main target is the kidneys. Kidney damage has been seen in humans and animals after inhaling or ingesting uranium compounds.
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Is plutonium is poisonous?
Fukushima Absorbed: How Plutonium Poisons the Body. Plutonium has a half-life of about 24,000 years. And scientists have known for decades that even in small doses, it is highly toxic, leading to radiation illness, cancer and often to death.
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How much does a gram of plutonium cost?
"The price of weapons-grade Plutonium surged $200 over the past three weeks to an all-time high of just over $4,000 per gram, according to an international survey. And with the start of terrorist season just around the corner, prices are not expected to drop anytime soon."
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What is the use of neptunium?
Uses of Neptunium. When bombarded with neutrons neptunium-237 is used to produce plutonium-238 which is used for spacecraft generators and terrestrial navigation beacons. Neptunium is also used in neutron detection equipment.
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What is the cost of neptunium?
This isotope can be used as a component in neutron detection instruments. It is offered at a price of $660/g plus packing costs. Common Isotopes: Isotopes of neptunium with mass numbers from 228 to 242 are known.
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Is neptunium highly reactive?
Neptunium is a ductile, silvery, radioactive metal. Neptunium forms numerous chemical compounds. Chemically it is extremely reactive and is attacked by oxygen, steam and acids, but not by alkalis.
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Where can neptunium be found on Earth?
When neptunium was first discovered, scientists thought it was an entirely artificial, or man-made, element. In 1942, very small amounts of the element were found in the Earth's crust. The element can sometimes be found in ores containing uranium and other radioactive elements.
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Why is neptunium important?
Neptunium remains an important element to study because it is produced by nuclear reactions of uranium and plutonium and can last as harmful radioactive waste for millions of years, according to a 2003 report by the Pacific Northwest Nuclear Laboratory.
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Which type of battery lasts the longest?
After the testing was completed the following results were recorded: The Duracell battery lasted the longest, 101 hours and 20 minutes; Energizer battery, second, 99 hours and 17 minutes; Eveready battery, third, 28 hours and 30 minutes, and last but not least was the BA 30 batteries, 25 hours ad 58 minutes.