It shows Cherenkov radiation of a nuclear underwater reactor
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drislands@lemmy.world 3 months ago
What’s the bottom right image of?
AngryPancake@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
stoy@lemmy.zip 3 months ago
Nope, just plain UV from the mercury arc in the rectifier:
Xavienth@lemmygrad.ml 3 months ago
Looks like cherenkov radiation
stoy@lemmy.zip 3 months ago
Nope, that is a mercury arc rectifier:
Xavienth@lemmygrad.ml 3 months ago
That’s some fuckin’ 1800s steampunk adjacent shit
stoy@lemmy.zip 3 months ago
Oh yeah, the glass age of electronics gave us some really cool stuff!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nixie_tube
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nimo_tube
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crookes_tube
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dekatron
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geissler_tube
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iconoscope
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_eye_tube
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monoscope
stoy@lemmy.zip 3 months ago
That is a mercury arc rectifier:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury-arc_valve
Dnn@lemmy.world 3 months ago
I thought you might also enjoy its German name: Quecksilberdampfgleichrichter
stoy@lemmy.zip 3 months ago
Sounds kinda similar to the Swedish word “kvicksilverbågelikriktare”…
kuneho@lemmy.world 3 months ago
and sounds nothing like the hungarian “higanyív szelep” or “higanygőz egyenirányító”
Iron_Lynx@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Or its Dutch name:
Kwikdampgelijkrichter