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Commercial Uses of Pm-147
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- Date: Thu, 11 Jul 1996 07:33:03 -0700 (PDT)
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Of course you won't find this in your laboratory, but Pm-147 was used on
self-illuminated instruments on the Lunar Rovers built for NASA's Apollo
missions in the 70's. The instrument panels had about 300 mCi each.
The Smithsonian has one of these Rovers, complete with its Pm-147.
Bruce Pickett
The Boeing Company
shea136@kgv2.bems.boeing.com
"Cold hearted orb that rules the night, removes the colors from
our sight, red is gray and yellow white, but we decide which
is right, and which is an illusion." - Moody Blues
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