Tritium Technology in Military Watches

Tritium Technology in Military Watches Copyright 2006 Trevor Rowell Tritium paint has been used on the hands and the number of clocks since 1930. At first this technology, and Top Secret is limited to use military watches. Tritium paint on watches is a mixture of tritium and phosphorus. Tritium is naturally radio-active and requires no exteal source of light or charge to work. Tritium does not glow. As decays, tritium emits beta radiation, a group of excited electrons, which in tu excite the electron in phosphorus atoms to emit photons, or light. When they retued to their land (not excited) state, phosphorus lights. Phosphorus can also be excited by ultraviolet light from the sun or other light sources. The color depends on the tritium tritium radioactivity to make the phosphor glow in the dark, not a charge from exteal light sources. Tritium has a half-life of 12.3 years, a half-life is simply the time, half of the tritium decay. As long as there is enough tritium in color, the clock is tued on for years. Because of the toxicity of tritium paint, a new technology was developed by mb-micro Switzerland. This involves the use of tritium gas in sealed bottles. The principle is the same, but the tritium causes the lining of the vial to glow. The amount of radiation are so small that no danger to the institution. This technology was Trasera H3, LUMINOX Watches Marathon and military. In recent years, the SRB Canada have a similar system that is used by manufacturers such as Smith and Wesson, rescuer and NITE. SRB tritium is not as well developed as the MB-micro technology, with only about 80 - 90% of luminescence. The biggest advantage of tritium in watches military is that there is no additional charge to watch the battery to power the night light, but these watches have a disadvantage that can be picked up at large distances in night vision equipment. It 'so important that these clocks are used in military operations during the night. As the technology is less expensive, is finding its way through the civilian market. Many athletes, such as fishermen and shooters wear Tritium based watches and LUMINOX Trasera is the most popular. Each year an increasing number of manufacturers to bring new tritium watches on the market. Since the tritium light sources by SRB growing in popularity and in combination with cheaper production in China, will not be long before you see tritium used in purely civilian watches.