Re: americium 241

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Original poster: "Randy by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <randy-at-gte-dot-net>

At 12:14 PM 1/6/02 -0700, you wrote:
>Original poster: "Jim Lux by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" 
><jimlux-at-earthlink-dot-net>
>
>Radioactive sources do work nicely with spark gaps to reduce the jitter and
>stabilize the firing voltage. I don't know about how important this is for
>TCs.  The traditional thing is something like Co60, a nice hefty gamma
>emitter, or Ra, which you might be able to scrounge from old luminescent
>dial paint.

Hmmmm... instead of Tungsten electrodes.....THORIATED Tungsten..... now, if 
you can
just find some threaded 1/4" thoriated tungsten rod...

Randy