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Atomic battery

Index Atomic battery

The terms atomic battery, nuclear battery, tritium battery and radioisotope generator are used to describe a device which uses energy from the decay of a radioactive isotope to generate electricity. [1]

37 relations: Air-independent propulsion, Arbel (automobile), Artificial cardiac pacemaker, Batman (TV series), Betavoltaic device, Breakthrough Starshot, Fission fragment reactor, Fuel, Germanium, Heat pipe, Heavy metals, Henry Moseley, Index of physics articles (A), List of battery types, Nuclear fuel, Nuclear isomer, Optoelectric nuclear battery, Permissive Action Link, Plutonium in the environment, Plutonium-238, Promethium, Radioisotope piezoelectric generator, Radioisotope thermoelectric generator, Rare-earth element, Sammy (comics), Snow Crash, Space probe, Special Frontier Force, Spindle (vehicle), Technetium, Thermionic converter, Thomas Henry Moray, Tritium, Université de Montréal, Vehicle, Whiteshell Laboratories, Zvezda (moonbase).

Air-independent propulsion

Air-independent propulsion (AIP) is any marine propulsion technology that allows a non-nuclear submarine to operate without access to atmospheric oxygen (by surfacing or using a snorkel).

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Arbel (automobile)

The Arbel (also called Loubières, Loubière, Symétric, Symétric-Paris, or Arbel-Symétric) was a fiber-glass bodied hybrid petrol-electric vehicle produced by the Compagnie Normande d'Etudes pour l'Application de Procédés Mécaniques made as individual models from 1951 to 1953 and again 1957 to 1959.

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Artificial cardiac pacemaker

A pacemaker (or artificial pacemaker, so as not to be confused with the heart's natural pacemaker) is a medical device that generates electrical impulses delivered by electrodes to contract the heart muscles and regulate the electrical conduction system of the heart.

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Batman (TV series)

Batman is a 1960s American live action television series, based on the DC comic book character of the same name.

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Betavoltaic device

Betavoltaic devices, also known as betavoltaic cells, are generators of electric current, in effect a form of battery, which use energy from a radioactive source emitting beta particles (electrons).

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Breakthrough Starshot

Breakthrough Starshot is a research and engineering project by the Breakthrough Initiatives to develop a proof-of-concept fleet of light sail spacecraft named StarChip, to be capable of making the journey to the Alpha Centauri star system 4.37 light-years away.

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Fission fragment reactor

Similar to how the fission-fragment rocket produces thrust, a fission fragment reactor is a nuclear reactor that generates electricity by decelerating an ion beam of fission byproducts instead of using nuclear reactions to generate heat.

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Fuel

A fuel is any material that can be made to react with other substances so that it releases energy as heat energy or to be used for work.

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Germanium

Germanium is a chemical element with symbol Ge and atomic number 32.

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Heat pipe

A heat pipe is a heat-transfer device that combines the principles of both thermal conductivity and phase transition to effectively transfer heat between two solid interfaces.

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Heavy metals

Heavy metals are generally defined as metals with relatively high densities, atomic weights, or atomic numbers.

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Henry Moseley

Henry Gwyn Jeffreys Moseley (23 November 1887 – 10 August 1915) was an English physicist, whose contribution to the science of physics was the justification from physical laws of the previous empirical and chemical concept of the atomic number.

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Index of physics articles (A)

The index of physics articles is split into multiple pages due to its size.

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List of battery types

This page is a list of notable battery types grouped by types of battery.

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Nuclear fuel

Nuclear fuel is a substance that is used in nuclear power stations to produce heat to power turbines.

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Nuclear isomer

A nuclear isomer is a metastable state of an atomic nucleus caused by the excitation of one or more of its nucleons (protons or neutrons).

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Optoelectric nuclear battery

An opto-electric nuclear battery is a device that converts nuclear energy into light, which it then uses to generate electrical energy.

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Permissive Action Link

A Permissive Action Link (PAL) is a security device for nuclear weapons.

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Plutonium in the environment

Since the mid-20th century, plutonium in the environment has been primarily produced by human activity.

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Plutonium-238

Plutonium-238 (also known as Pu-238 or 238Pu) is a radioactive isotope of plutonium that has a half-life of 87.7 years.

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Promethium

Promethium is a chemical element with symbol Pm and atomic number 61.

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Radioisotope piezoelectric generator

A Radioisotope piezoelectric generator converts energy stored in the radioactive material directly into motion to generate electricity by the repeated deformation of a piezoelectric material.

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Radioisotope thermoelectric generator

A Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator (RTG, RITEG) is an electrical generator that uses an array of thermocouples to convert the heat released by the decay of a suitable radioactive material into electricity by the Seebeck effect.

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Rare-earth element

A rare-earth element (REE) or rare-earth metal (REM), as defined by IUPAC, is one of a set of seventeen chemical elements in the periodic table, specifically the fifteen lanthanides, as well as scandium and yttrium.

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Sammy (comics)

Sammy is a popular humour Belgian comics series.

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Snow Crash

Snow Crash is a science fiction novel by American writer Neal Stephenson, published in 1992.

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Space probe

A space probe is a robotic spacecraft that does not orbit the Earth, but, instead, explores further into outer space.

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Special Frontier Force

The Special Frontier Force (SFF) is a paramilitary special force of India created on 14 November 1962.

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Spindle (vehicle)

SPINDLE (Sub-glacial Polar Ice Navigation, Descent, and Lake Exploration) is a 2-stage autonomous vehicle system consisting of a robotic ice-penetrating carrier vehicle (cryobot) and an autonomous submersible HAUV (hovering autonomous underwater vehicle).

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Technetium

Technetium is a chemical element with symbol Tc and atomic number 43.

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Thermionic converter

A thermionic converter consists of a hot electrode which thermionically emits electrons over a potential energy barrier to a cooler electrode, producing a useful electric power output.

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Thomas Henry Moray

Thomas Henry Moray (August 28, 1892 - May 18, 1974) was an inventor from Salt Lake City, Utah.

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Tritium

Tritium (or; symbol or, also known as hydrogen-3) is a radioactive isotope of hydrogen.

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Université de Montréal

The Université de Montréal (UdeM) is a public research university in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

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Vehicle

A vehicle (from vehiculum) is a machine that transports people or cargo.

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Whiteshell Laboratories

The Whiteshell Laboratories, originally known as the Whiteshell Nuclear Research Establishment, was an Atomic Energy of Canada (AECL) laboratory in Manitoba, northeast of Winnipeg.

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Zvezda (moonbase)

Zvezda moonbase (звезда, "star"), also called DLB Lunar Base was a Soviet plan and project from 1962 to 1974 to construct a crewed moonbase as successor to the N1-L3 crewed lunar expedition program.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_battery

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