Re: Tungsten gap erosion

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Original poster: "Terry Fritz" <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>

Hi Michael,

You can easily get the pure tungsten (non-radioactive) variety from any
welding shop.  They tend to come in green packages...

Cheers,

	Terry

At 01:10 PM 8/11/2001 +0700, you wrote:
>This isn't an an answer to your question but is something anyone
>who plans on using tungsten welding rods for electrodes should
>be aware of.  See this site for caveats on tungsten rods.
>
>http://www.pro-fusiononline-dot-com/tungsten/radioactivity.htm
>
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>> Original poster: "Terry Fritz" <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>
>>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> In a triggered spark gap.  There is no spinning rotor or bunch of copper
>> sections to help cool the gap.  So I was thinking of just two water cooled
>> 1/8 inch tungsten electrodes.  No fan or anything else.  Just the tungsten
>> tips thermally linked to a water jacket with heavy copper mounting.
>> Although no tungsten tips yet, sort of along the lines of:
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Terry
>>
>>
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