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Talbert astral publishing, 2008 isbn 9780615233758. For a short period of time in the 1970s cardiac pacemakers used a nuclear battery for power, capable of producing enough energy to last over the lifetime of the patient. A team of physicists and chemists from the university of bristol have grown a. The supply and cost of radioisotopes for use in applications focused on nuclear batteries are covered in the initial sections of the text. Nuclear batteries seminar report, ppt, pdf for electrical.
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