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Originally Posted by DrYak View Post
So,you're advocating to put a *radioactive* paint (hydrogene 3 isotope), right next to a *high capacity lithium battery* (basically made of elemental explosivium :-D), and near a ton of non-space grade/non-military/non Rad-hardened modern extremely dense circuitry (you know the kind that is the reason why airports use a different X-Ray machine for hand luggage, just so it doesn't fry yoir electronics or photofilm) ?
on a much larger surface (thus quantity) than the typically mecanical thick whatches that use it ?

don't know if you aim to have crashiest phone ever that constantly has bad blocks on its flahs,
or if you are jalouse of Samsung owner and want to be thrown out of planes,
or simply trolling ?
It's not quite as ridiculous as you make it sound - tritium does decay via beta radiation, but the beta particles are unusually low energy (compared to other alpha emitters) and can't penetrate things like plastic keys, circuit boards or lithium batteries. As such, it is safe for use around electronics, which is the reason that it's often used for self-powered lighting (in place of other radioactive elements used previously, such as radium).
 

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