Power output and efficiency of beta-emitting microspheres
- Submitting institution
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Birmingham City University
- Unit of assessment
- 12 - Engineering
- Output identifier
- 12Z_OP_D0050
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1016/j.radphyschem.2014.07.019
- Title of journal
- Radiation Physics and Chemistry
- Article number
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- First page
- 204
- Volume
- 106
- Issue
- 42005
- ISSN
- 0969-806X
- Open access status
- Out of scope for open access requirements
- Month of publication
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- Year of publication
- 2014
- URL
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https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0969806X14003272?via%3Dihub
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
- No
- Number of additional authors
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- Research group(s)
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- Proposed double-weighted
- No
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
- Small long lifetime power supplies generating a few micro Watts of power over an extended period are vital. In this paper we modelled the efficiency of radio isotropic batteries and identified that small Nano particles of radio isotropic material had a much lower level of self-screening and absorption and therefore a higher efficiency compared to radio isotropic batteries based upon conventional bulk sources. This work opens the possibility of small micro Watt power sources with life times in excess of 30 years making possible remote health monitoring for a range of capital infrastructures such as pipelines.
- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
- No
- English abstract
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