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Re:‘Diamond-age’ of power generation as nuclear batteries de... by regularfry on Tuesday November 29, 2016 @04:28AM (#13061904)
Presumably these are doped diamond semiconductors trapping the electrons as they ping off the C14. Although I'm not sure why they'd need to be diamond, specifically.
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Re:‘Diamond-age’ of power generation as nuclear batteries de... by Jaruzel on Tuesday November 29, 2016 @11:30AM (#13064046)
As it says in the various articles, anything with less molecular structure than a diamond causes the C14 radiation to 'leak out'.
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Re:‘Diamond-age’ of power generation as nuclear batteries de... by gravypod on Tuesday November 29, 2016 @11:47AM (#13064167)
Why couldn't a silicon carbide be used instead? Or for that matter lead?
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