• An atomic battery, nuclear battery, radioisotope battery or radioisotope generator is a device which uses energy from the decay of a radioactive isotope...
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    system Watch battery Water-activated battery Atomic battery Baghdad Battery Battery nomenclature Carnot battery Comparison of commercial battery types History...
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    promethium-147, chemical compounds of which are used in luminous paint, atomic batteries and thickness-measurement devices. Because natural promethium is exceedingly...
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    Nuclear fuel (redirect from Atomic fuel)
    decay in radioisotope thermoelectric generators and other types of atomic batteries. Nuclear fuel has the highest energy density of all practical fuel...
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    Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover, for long-term nuclear power generation. Atomic battery Plutonium-239 Polonium-210 Rebuilding the supply of Pu-238. Oregon State...
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    Ion (redirect from Negative atomic ion)
    form ionic compounds. Ions consisting of only a single atom are termed atomic or monatomic ions, while two or more atoms form molecular ions or polyatomic...
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    On 6 and 9 August 1945, the United States detonated two atomic bombs over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The bombings killed between 129...
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  • generators (RTGs) as a heat source to power satellites. A 2.5-watt atomic battery using 210Po was developed by 1958. However, the isotope plutonium-238...
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    Radioisotope thermoelectric generator (category Battery (electricity))
    device to convert heat Atomic battery – Devices generating electricity from radioisotope decay Betavoltaics – Type of nuclear battery which generates electric...
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    capable of performing at a 1W diode laser level, are planned. A 150 mg atomic battery, powered by plutonium-238 or americium-241, is planned. A coating, possibly...
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