RE: Pink Plasma

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

Sorry Gary,  I was trying to be surreptitious at work and was in a hurry, 
neglecting to read the text!  It would be very interesting to build a test 
cell out of plexi that would withstand a decent vacuum to test various 
gases.  I've seen sets of discharge tubes with the noble gases on ebay, but 
the prices are not that attractive.  Maybe once I actually get a decent coil 
finished...

On a side note, has anyone else seen the Smirnoff Ice plasma displays in 
bars?  I've seen them in Denver.  They feature a nice Bell Jar shape with a 
Smirnoff Ice bottle in the center.  Nice continuous bright white arcs from 
the bottle to the glass.  I wonder if the bottle is removable from the 
inside?  If anyone knows where I can get one, please let me know.  Thanks.

Nick A
Denver


>From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
>To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
>Subject: RE: Pink Plasma
>Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2001 21:44:29 -0700
>
>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
>
>
>


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