tritium light for crystal

[Novastar]

"like that have to do to phosphorous" ????

What the heck?












[somewhat tongue-in-cheek here, by the way, people... .... ]

[Jedi-Loreen]

I'll just explain it for people who don't read the EL forums.

Phosphorous is what give EL wire it's glow.

It phosphoresces when a high frequency AC voltage is applied to it.

Since phosphorous is naturally a bluish green, the way EL wire gets most of its various colors is with a colored sheathing, except for aqua, which has a transparent sheathing.

That won't work with white, so they have to "dope" the phosphorous with various chemicals to add impurities so that it will glow white.

[KuroChou]

The radioactivity isn't an issue at all. The actual tritium rod/ring is usually packaged in an acrylic "sheath" that blocks all beta particles from escaping it. The alpha emissions have an effective range of about 1/8" or less, and the actual effect is far less damaging than a dental X-ray.

[DJMoonbass]

duuuuuuuuuuuuuude! look at the dates in the post before posting in them. we here frown on reviving old threads. just a friendly FYI.

[Lord Maul]

By yelling at him for posting useful content in an old thread, you revived a 3 day old thread in the process.

Reviving old threads just to say "cool saber!" is frowned upon. If you have something to add, like KuroChou did, then it is not a problem.

[DJMoonbass]

i didnt yell at him. but okay point.... well at least now he knows about reviving. even if it doesnt apply to this.