I didn't notice it was a screwdriver until 1:30 😅

Thanks, I have a half build demo fusor in my shed that I want to revisit when I can upgrade to a decent vaccum pump. Yeah obtaining and drinking tritiated water is some real commitment to mess yourself up with Tritium.

@@Curiosity_lab great, be good to see a build of that. There are a few shorts of the fusor on my channel as well as some activations of silver.

Thanks!

I wouldn’t hold it for a long period of time but na super low level of radiation and beta radiation isn’t very penetrating. These tritium vials are used as keychains and zips in camp tents. Only way it could be harmful is if you broke the vial and breathed in the gas.

@@Curiosity_lab thanks for the reply bro, I don't know how KZfaq algorithm works but you deserve way more subs, hope your videos get viral soon.

@@kamalmehta4715 Thanks! Yeah not sure I know how it works either XD Things are picking up though, just gotta keep making and improving.

Thanks for the info. The americium in smoke alarms is probably more active than my vials but it’s mainly alpha rather than beta from my tubes. I haven’t heard of an alpha- photovoltaic cell before but researchers have used harvested energy from alpha emitters directly by placing it on semiconductors (see 4.2.1 diamond Am-241 apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/AD1040902.pdf#page19) it looks like quite a delicate technical process but interesting.

@@Curiosity_lab The amount of Am241 in smoke detectors is a lot less active than the tritium in one of those vials. The amount of tritium in those vials has an activity above 1 gBq. Usually the activity of the Am241 in the smoke detectors is around 37kBq. Let us assume that we have 100% energy conversion efficiency to figure out what would be theoretically possible with the Am241. 37000 decays/second* 5.47845 MeV/decay= 202702.65 MeV/second 202702.65 MeV/second = 3.2477E-8 Joule = 0.032477 microwatt You can take a transistor and cut open the case or take a photodiode like the BPX 61 and break open the case so that the alpha radiation can directly hit the pn junction. The problem is that the alpha radiation will eventually degrade and destroy it. A few years ago I saw a video of someone trying exactly that idea and it worked for a few seconds. Sadly I can't find the video anymore. Perhaps it was deleted. One way how you could certainly increase the power output of your current setup is by filling a closed case with tritium gas in which you would then place an open transistor or photodiode to build a real betavoltaic battery that would have a higher efficiency. The problem is that most people don't have the equipment to fill the tritium of those vials into a diy device because of the lighter than air problem. One last idea that I have is if you want to build an alphavoltaic cell with a long lifetime then you should take a look at Henry Moseley's version of a battery powered with radium. A few years ago(could be more than just a few years) I saw a post on a German forum of some dude breaking open Sources from United Nuclear and trying to build some sort of nuclear battery. One of the main things that I remember is that the guy basically managed to cover his entire apartment floor with polonium 210, strontium 90 and some other isotopes and every post basically called him an idiot.