Hence, with the availability of pure tritium gas and methods for its measurement, it was decided to prepare tritium-labelled thyroxine. The commonly used methods of exchange could not be used ...

Mechanical watches use either photoluminescent paint that must absorb light to emit a glow, or tritium gas, which permanently glows — although not very brightly — for around 25 years.

Dive watches, by definition, require luminescence. Mechanical watches use either photoluminescent paint that must absorb light to emit a glow, or tritium gas, which permanently glows — although not ...

This makes it hard to counter misinformation. As the authors tactfully conclude: “Outrage-evoking misinformation may be ...

They painted over it, but as the paint bubbled off during decades of ... Other surprises crews found this year at Y-12 included tubes of tritium, a radioactive form of hydrogen used in H-bombs ...

The plasma inside the vacuum vessel is monitored in real-time by a vast array of magnetic sensors, thermocouples and accelerometers. Data, vital for machine operation, is transmitted by cables of the ...