RE: Pink Plasma

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Original poster: "Lau, Gary by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <Gary.Lau-at-compaq-dot-com>

I have no idea what pressure was in the jar.  I just boiled and capped
it as I described on my web page.

Gary Lau
MA, USA

Original poster: "Nick Andrews by way of Terry Fritz
<twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <nicothefabulous-at-hotmail-dot-com>

Gary,

Cool picture.  What pressure is the gas in the jar and what mixtures did
you 
try?

Nick A
Denver, CO


>From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
>To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
>Subject: Pink Plasma
>Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2001 07:47:34 -0700
>
>Original poster: "Lau, Gary by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"

><Gary.Lau-at-compaq-dot-com>
>
>I had some fun with my mini coil today, creating pink streamers in a
>jar.  Not that there's anything wrong with the blue/purple streamers
>that we're used to, but a change is always nice.  I created a rarified
>air/water vapor mixture in a pasta sauce jar and placed it on top of my
>mini coil.  The result was delightful and I've added a photo to my mini
>coil web page at:
>http://people.ne.mediaone-dot-net/lau/tesla/minicoil.htm.  For those with
>slow modems, just the single photo may be seen at:
>http://people.ne.mediaone-dot-net/lau/tesla/minicoil_files/pinkstreamers.jp
g
>
>
>Photographing this in near darkness forced me to figure out the manual
>focusing on my Olympus C3000 digital camera, and I'm happy to report
>that it does work, despite being awkward.
>
>Regards, Gary Lau
>MA, USA