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  2. Actinium(III) oxide - Wikipedia

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    Actinium (III) oxide is a chemical compound containing the rare radioactive element actinium. It has the formula Ac 2 O 3. It is similar to its corresponding lanthanum compound, lanthanum (III) oxide, and contains actinium in the oxidation state +3. [2][3] Actinium oxide is not to be confused with Ac 2 O (acetic anhydride), where Ac is an ...

  3. Actinium - Wikipedia

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    Actinium is a chemical element; it has symbol Ac and atomic number 89. It was first isolated by Friedrich Oskar Giesel in 1902, who gave it the name emanium; the element got its name by being wrongly identified with a substance André-Louis Debierne found in 1899 and called actinium. The actinide series, a set of 15 elements between actinium ...

  4. Insulation monitoring device - Wikipedia

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    Insulation monitoring device. An insulation monitoring device monitors the ungrounded system between an active phase conductor and earth. It is intended to give an alert (light and sound) or disconnect the power supply when the resistance between the two conductors drops below a set value, usually 50 k Ω (sample of IEC standard for medical ...

  5. Gas detector - Wikipedia

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    A gas detector is a device that detects the presence of gases in an area, often as part of a safety system. A gas detector can sound an alarm to operators in the area where the leak is occurring, giving them the opportunity to leave. This type of device is important because there are many gases that can be harmful to organic life, such as ...

  6. Actinium compounds - Wikipedia

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    Actinium(III) oxide is the only oxide that actinium can form, with the chemical formula Ac 2 O 3. In this compound, actinium is in the oxidation state +3. [1] [10] It is similar to the corresponding lanthanum compound, lanthanum(III) oxide. It can be obtained by heating the hydroxide at 500 °C or the oxalate at 1100 °C, in vacuum.

  7. Distributed temperature sensing - Wikipedia

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    Distributed temperature sensing systems (DTS) are optoelectronic devices which measure temperatures by means of optical fibres functioning as linear sensors. Temperatures are recorded along the optical sensor cable, thus not at points, but as a continuous profile. A high accuracy of temperature determination is achieved over great distances.

  8. Automated airport weather station - Wikipedia

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    Airport weather stations are automated sensor suites which are designed to serve aviation and meteorological operations, weather forecasting and climatology. Automated airport weather stations have become part of the backbone of weather observing in the United States and Canada and are becoming increasingly more prevalent worldwide due to their ...

  9. Aspirating smoke detector - Wikipedia

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    A TOP-SENS2 ASD unit made by Wagner (Germany) An aspirating smoke detector (ASD) is a system used in active fire protection, consisting of a central detection unit which draws air through a network of pipes to detect smoke. [1] The sampling chamber is based on a nephelometer that detects the presence of smoke particles suspended in air by ...