Could anybody help me identify what isotope this is? My best guess is Tritium.Starter bottle in lamp contains Ti^3H
Radioactive isotopes in fluorescent starters
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Radioactive isotopes in fluorescent starters
Among my haul of lighting things yesterday was a GE 13w PL-C lamp with an inbuilt starter. It says on the package
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Alex
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Re: Radioactive isotopes in fluorescent starters
Hello,
It sounds like Tritium to me.
For various british starters I know, that the inside of the aluminium can was painted with radium point as a radiation source. Other like the german osram and dutch phi's starters had an opening to allow light to ender as radiation source.
It sounds like Tritium to me.
For various british starters I know, that the inside of the aluminium can was painted with radium point as a radiation source. Other like the german osram and dutch phi's starters had an opening to allow light to ender as radiation source.
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