Technology tritium military watches
Tritium paint on the hands and numerals of watches since the 1930s used. Initially this technology was Top Secret and the limited use of military watches.
Tritium watches color to a mixture of tritium and phosphorus. Tritium is naturally radioactive and requires no external light source or supply to work. Tritium does not glow. As it decays, tritium emits beta radiation, which are a group of excited electrons, which in turn causes the electrons to move in the phosphorus atoms emit photons, or light. When they return to their land (not excited) state, the match is lit. In addition, phosphorus can be excited by ultraviolet light from the sun or other light sources. Thus, the color refers to the radioactivity of tritium in the tritium phosphor glow in the dark to do, no charge from the external source.
Tritium has a half life of 12.3 years, a half-life is simply the time it takes for half of the decay of tritium. So long as enough tritium lit in the color, the clock for years.
developed due to the toxicity of tritium paint, new technology was developed by mb-microtec in Switzerland. This uses the tritium gas in sealed vials. The principle is the same but the effect of tritium gas and the coating of the bottle to shine. Radiation levels are so small that they are safe for the company. This technology has been used in Traser H3, Luminox and Marathon Military Watches. In recent years, SRB in Canada have developed a similar system, which will be used by manufacturers such as Smith and Wesson, rescuers and NIGHT. SRB tritium is not, and mb-microtec technology develops, with only 80-90% of the luminescence.
The main advantage of tritium military watches is that there is no charge for the battery to power the clock in the evening light source, but these watches have a disadvantage that can be picked up at a great distance from the devices night vision. It is therefore important that these watches are covered during military operations at night.
As the technology has its way, it is cheaper in the civil market has become. Many athletes, such as fishers and shooters using tritium Traser Luminox watches and the most popular base.
Each year more and more manufacturers bringing new tritium watches on the market. Because tritium light sources SRB grown in popularity and in combination with cheaper production in China, will not be long until we see tritium used in watches purely civilian.