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Selenium Rectifier: Prepared by Nazarul

Selenium rectifiers were invented in 1933 to replace vacuum tube rectifiers in power supplies, as they could withstand higher voltages while providing lower current than vacuum tubes. They are constructed of aluminum or steel plates coated in bismuth or nickel, with a thicker layer of selenium doped with a halogen, and were used widely in radios and televisions from 1947 to 1975 because they provided more efficient rectification than vacuum tubes. While larger than modern silicon diodes, selenium rectifiers had service lives of 60,000 to 100,000 hours depending on rating and cooling.

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Selenium Rectifier: Prepared by Nazarul

Selenium rectifiers were invented in 1933 to replace vacuum tube rectifiers in power supplies, as they could withstand higher voltages while providing lower current than vacuum tubes. They are constructed of aluminum or steel plates coated in bismuth or nickel, with a thicker layer of selenium doped with a halogen, and were used widely in radios and televisions from 1947 to 1975 because they provided more efficient rectification than vacuum tubes. While larger than modern silicon diodes, selenium rectifiers had service lives of 60,000 to 100,000 hours depending on rating and cooling.

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Selenium rectifier

Prepared by nazarul

introduction
type of metal rectifier, invented in 1933 used to replace vacuum tube rectifiers in power supplies for electronic equipment could withstand higher voltage but at a lower current capacity per unit area

An 8 plate 160V 450mA Federal brand Selenium Rectifier

Construction
from stacks of aluminum or steel plates coated with about 1 m of bismuth or nickel thicker layer of selenium (50 to 60 m) which has been doped with a halogen then converted into polycrystalline gray (hexagonal) Each plate able to withstand 20 volts in the reverse direction metal squares, or disksserve as heat sinks to provide a mounting place for the selenium disks

use
Radio and television receivers used them from about 1947 to 1975 Vacuum tube rectifiers had efficiencies of only 60% compared to the 85% of selenium rectifiers, -because vacuum tube rectifiers required heating to act as current limiters - can temporarily protect the rectifier during a short circuit and provide stable current for charging batteries

Properties
same size as copper oxide rectifiers, but much larger than a silicon or germanium diode. service life of 60,000 to 100,000 hours depending on rating and cooling have an operating temperature limit of 130 C, and are not suitable for high-frequency circuits.

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