Abandoned Discussion on Diamond Batteries

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Technology Submission
Technology Report Name of Origin Country: The Nindaro Technocracy Name of Technology/Object: Diamond Battery Supporting Real Life References: https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesconca/...5f121a0449 https://phys.org/news/2016-11-diamond-ag...eries.html http://bigthink.com/philip-perry/scienti...s-of-years
Report Description: Its long life, similar to other Betavoltaic devices suits it to applications similar to those of RTGs, supplying very little power for thousands of years without charging or replacing conventional batteries. Its power density will be far lower than that of conventional chemical batteries, restricting its use to extremely low-power electrical devices. It will possess long life because it will run on radioactivity which takes an enormous amount of time to decay. The half life of C-14 is 5,730 years, so it will take that long to lose 50% of its power. It will ease the disposal of waste graphite blocks (a small part of the world's radioactive waste) by extracting much of the block's radiocarbon and putting it in various electronic devices. Betavoltaic batteries wouldn't require any coils, moving parts, etc., hence will be more durable than conventional batteries. Being made of diamond (one of the hardest materials on earth) it will be more rugged than conventional batteries. Show ContentSpecifications: It supplies efficient, clean, and harmless radioactive power sources that can last over 5,000 years. You can't use it to supply power for laser rifles unless maybe you use a ridiculously large number of them, but they can be used effectively for appliances that need to have long life energy supply but can't be connected to a grid, like satellites. Not to mention it converts harmful radioactive waste into something useful.