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On Thu, Jan 06, 2000 at 10:34:18AM -0700, Jason E. Rose wrote:
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> Garret,
>
> Another interesting thing to note is that military compasses and some
> watches also use a radium paint. I had a compass in the Air Force and there
> were specific instructions to dispose of the compass if the glass was
> cracked.
> One question, though. Do the same principles apply to tritium? Seems as if
> a few years ago there was a push by the military to switch to tritium for
> some applications. I do not know if speedos were included, but tritium is
> used for night sights on some handguns.
Actually, most US military compasses use tritium, not radium.
-- Eric Kozowski Portland, OR M35A2's For Sale http://www.svjava.com/~kozowski/m35/
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