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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish17•4 months agoThat is a mercury arc rectifier: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury-arc_valve
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish19•4 months agoI thought you might also enjoy its German name: Quecksilberdampfgleichrichter
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish10•edit-24 months agoSounds kinda similar to the Swedish word “kvicksilverbågelikriktare”… EDIT: After doing some more googling, the proper name for the device in Swedish is: “Kvicksilverlikriktare”
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish5•4 months agoand sounds nothing like the hungarian “higanyív szelep” or “higanygőz egyenirányító”
minus-square@AngryPancakelinkEnglish-5•edit-24 months agoIt shows Cherenkov radiation of a nuclear underwater reactor (I think, I don’t know this exact picture)
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish6•4 months agoNope, just plain UV from the mercury arc in the rectifier: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury-arc_valve
What’s the bottom right image of?
That is a mercury arc rectifier:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury-arc_valve
I thought you might also enjoy its German name: Quecksilberdampfgleichrichter
Sounds kinda similar to the Swedish word “kvicksilverbågelikriktare”…
EDIT: After doing some more googling, the proper name for the device in Swedish is:
“Kvicksilverlikriktare”
and sounds nothing like the hungarian “higanyív szelep” or “higanygőz egyenirányító”
Or its Dutch name:
Kwikdampgelijkrichter
It shows Cherenkov radiation of a nuclear underwater reactor (I think, I don’t know this exact picture)
Nope, just plain UV from the mercury arc in the rectifier:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury-arc_valve