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minus-squaredrislands@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·8 个月前What’s the bottom right image of?
minus-squarestoy@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·8 个月前That is a mercury arc rectifier: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury-arc_valve
minus-squareDnn@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·8 个月前I thought you might also enjoy its German name: Quecksilberdampfgleichrichter
minus-squarestoy@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·edit-28 个月前Sounds kinda similar to the Swedish word “kvicksilverbågelikriktare”… EDIT: After doing some more googling, the proper name for the device in Swedish is: “Kvicksilverlikriktare”
minus-squarekuneho@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·8 个月前and sounds nothing like the hungarian “higanyív szelep” or “higanygőz egyenirányító”
minus-squareIron Lynx@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·8 个月前Or its Dutch name: Kwikdampgelijkrichter
minus-squareAngryPancake@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-28 个月前It shows Cherenkov radiation of a nuclear underwater reactor (I think, I don’t know this exact picture)
minus-squarestoy@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·8 个月前Nope, 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