@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 2 years agoA tiny radioactive battery could keep your future phone running for 50 yearswww.techradar.comexternal-linkmessage-square78arrow-up199cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish12•2 years agoOh, good. So whenever some fool tosses a phone out of a car to get crushed on the roadway, shoots one because TikTok, or otherwise mangles a phone, we now have a potential for radioactive material to be spread around?
minus-square@[email protected]OPlinkfedilinkEnglish2•2 years agoNo, read the article. It’s Nikel 63 and the decay is copper. It’s contained in a metal seal.
minus-square@[email protected]OPlinkfedilinkEnglish-4•edit-22 years agoYes, it is. Though safely contained in a metal case.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish7•edit-22 years ago crushed on a roadway shot Ok, some impenetrable, invincible metal.
minus-square@[email protected]OPlinkfedilinkEnglish-2•2 years agoI do agree that it has to be titanium or something like that.
Oh, good. So whenever some fool tosses a phone out of a car to get crushed on the roadway, shoots one because TikTok, or otherwise mangles a phone, we now have a potential for radioactive material to be spread around?
No, read the article. It’s Nikel 63 and the decay is copper. It’s contained in a metal seal.
And Nickel 63 is… radioactive material
Yes, it is. Though safely contained in a metal case.
Ok, some impenetrable, invincible metal.
I do agree that it has to be titanium or something like that.