Re: Pink Plasma

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Original poster: "Ed Phillips by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <evp-at-pacbell-dot-net>

Tesla list wrote:
> 
> Original poster: "Christopher Boden by way of Terry Fritz
<twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <chrisboden-at-hotmail-dot-com>
> 
> Perhaps it's the Nitrogen? Has anyone tried making a arc in a nitrogen
> backfilled container?
> 
> duck

	I believe that oxygen gives a reddish (brick red to orange) color and
nitrogen a blue one.  Could have that backward, haven't bothered to look
it up.  Water vapor tends to produce a whitish discharge.

Ed