Crowekri wrote:
>I remember reading somewhere on Keelynet about a battery design made from a
>solar cell sandwiched between two plates coated with radium. The idea was
>that the solar cell would convert the glow? to electricity . This sounds
>like a relatively easy experiment if a source of radium can be found such
as
>the paint used in older watch faces for the glow in the dark numerals,
which
>doesn't sound to hard there is a antique mall near my home and I am sure I
>could acquire some broken watch parts possibly including radium coated
watch
>faces but before I shell out any cash I would like to hear the opinions of
>others on this device. Do you think this would work? If it does why
aren't
>we using them in our laptops? Imagine an atomic battery that could be
>relatively harmless and provide 30 years of power. I know it would be low
>voltage/current but it would be a start and with the right design you might
>could use multiple solar cells to push the output up to a substantial
>amount. Anyway feedback always welcome. Especially if there is some real
>simple reason why this wouldn't work. I can only think that perhaps the
>cell won't function from this type of radiation or that radium or at least
>the small amount I would consider using won't put out a constant glow for
an
>extended period in complete darkness.
>Hopefully this device will function as claimed. That would be neat just to
>have around for inspiration for the quest.
>Thanks,
>crowekri