Ronin Posted February 6, 2012 Report Share Posted February 6, 2012 What is Tritium Tubes? Sounds like it is not a powder based product. http://www.ballwatch.com/index.php?option=com_technology It is in a gas form in a tube. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jkay Posted February 6, 2012 Report Share Posted February 6, 2012 Tritium is a gas. For tritium lume, the gas is captured in the luminescent "paint" material. It is not the tritium which glows .. the radioactive tritium excites the lume paint and makes it glow in the same way that light excites SuperLuminova and makes it glow. Some watches use very small tubes of tritium gas instead of a solid lume "paint" .. fun fact - If tritium escapes into the air, it combines with oxygen and creates a molecule of radioactive water Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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