Radioactive tubes and electronics!

Introduction Small amounts of radioactive isotopes are often used in common household items. A good example of that would be 241Am in smoke alarms or 226Ra in watches but today, I want to focus on tubes (valves) and other less common electrical components containing radioactive isotopes! TG-36 Spark Gap Tube Isotope: 137Cs Activity originally: <1 […]

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