Re: Environment

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• Subject: Re: Environment
• From: David Trimmell <davidt-at-pond-dot-net> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)
• Date: Wed, 26 May 1999 19:52:02 -0600
• Approved: twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net
• Delivered-To: fixup-tesla-at-pupman-dot-com-at-fixme

At 04:04 PM 5/25/1999 , you wrote:
>Original Poster: "Jim Lux" <jimlux-at-jpl.nasa.gov> 
>
>
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>> 
>> One more question,  concerning the vacuum sealed spark gap for the TC's;
>does 
>> this open the door to vacuum sealed spark gaps that might produce X-Rays
>or 
>> alpha rays?
>> 
>I would think the outer casing of the vacuum gap would stop the alphas. At
>the TC spark gap voltages of 10-20 kV, x-ray emission is negligible.
> 
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>

Well I wouldn't scoff at 10-20 KeV X-rays, but unless you are sitting on
the vacuum gap for extended periods, and wish to have normal children, then
there is no danger ;-)   I don't Know where the Alpha's would come from,
unless you are using Thorated Tungsten rods as electrodes, and then, yes,
they wouldn't make it out of the gap. 

I have a question though: Sometimes I want to produce x-rays, I have used
various vacuum tubes and a small Tesla coil with some success, but never a
vacuum spark gap. Could someone describe them to me? What dimensions? What
are the electrodes made from? Etc?

Thanks in advance,

David Trimmell

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