Re: What about this experiment? Was Neon Tube sources.

["Mike Harrison" <mike-at-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-xxxxxxxxxx>)]

On Thu, 09 Nov 2000 11:35:54 -0700, you wrote:

>Original poster: "Jim Lux" <jimlux-at-earthlink-dot-net> 
>
>Similar phosphors in CRTs... Usually some sort of sulfide (ZnS is common)
>with an "activating" ion which determines the color, etc.  Rare earths
>(Yttrium, etc.) give the reds..
>
>In any case, the efield won't do anything... In the CRT case it is the
>electrons hitting the phosphor.. in the fluorescent (and luminious gas lamp
>"aka" neon) it is the UV 

Without wanting to digress into a deep quantum physics discussion,
what's an electrostatic field if not a bunch of electrons (or lack of
them)....

>Tesla list wrote:
>> 
>> Original poster: "Mike Harrison" <mike-at-whitewing.co.uk>
>> 
>> On Wed, 08 Nov 2000 19:32:29 -0700, you wrote:
>> 
>> >Original poster: "Jim Lux" <jimlux-at-earthlink-dot-net>
>> >
>> >A few problems:
>> >
>> >1) The white powder is a "phosphor" and is moderately toxic.  It is not
>> >sensitive to elecric fields.
>> >2) the fluorescent tube has mercury in it, the vapor of which IS sensitive
>> >to high electric fields, emitting UV light, which hits the phosphor and
>> >making it glow.
>> >3) Mercury is also somewhat toxic.
>> >
>> >Bottom line... leave the fluorescent tubes intact.
>> 
>> But what about the phosphor coating in CRT's...? might be intersting
>> to try!
>
>
>