Re: glass vacume gaps

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• Subject: Re: glass vacume gaps
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• Date: Fri, 04 Apr 1997 22:54:15 -0600
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Subject: 
            Re: glass vacume gaps
       Date: 
            Fri, 04 Apr 1997 18:30:39 -0800
       From: 
            Bert Hickman <bert.hickman-at-aquila-dot-com>
Organization: 
            Stoneridge Engineering
         To: 
            Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
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Tesla List wrote:
> 
> Subject:
> 
>         Re: glass vacume gaps
>   Date:
>         Wed, 2 Apr 1997 16:07:20 -0500 (EST)
>   From:
>         SSNSanders-at-aol-dot-com
>     To:
>         tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
> 
> In a message dated 97-04-01 23:43:31 EST, you write:
> 
> <<
>  How do you intend to seal them in glass with nitrogen?  Would like to
>  know
>  since I am interested in creating gaps like these myself.
> 
>  DaivdF
>   >>
> I thought I would build the gap and have a neon man do it, he could put
> it in
> the right size tube and put electrodes on the ends. gas and seal it.
>   Stephen Sanders

Stephen,

If you use a sealable container of some type, and use copper for the
electrodes, the copper oxidizes, removing most of the oxygen from the
air leaving mainly nirogen, a little bit of argon, carbon dioxide, water
vapor, and traces of other stuff. You don't necessarily need to flush
out the gas and fill with nitrogen - however, purging the container with
dry nitrogen WILL prevent you from having any potential problems with
condensation later on.

Safe gappin' to ya'!

--- Bert --

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