Re: Plexiglass

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Original poster: "Ben McMillen by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <spoonman534-at-yahoo-dot-com>


Well, this is a bit different.. I wanted to build a nitrogen laser and I just
wanna make sure that no more UV gets out than is supposed to.. ;) 

Coiling in Pittsburgh
Ben McMillen 

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>  wrote:  
> Original poster: "Terry Fritz" 
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> Of course, if one wants to stare into a spark gap, welding glass from any 
> welding shop is the way to go:
>
> http://hot-streamer-dot-com/temp/MarcGap/MarcGap3.jpg
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> Here is an early verions of Marc's triggered gap showing the gaps and trigger
> electrode through #10 welding glass...
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> Cheers,
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> Terry
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> At 09:37 PM 3/21/2002 -0800, you wrote: 
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> > 
> > Are there any plastics (readily availabe) that DO absorb UV light? I
> thought 
> > there was a thread about this a while back.. 
> > 
> > Coiling in Pittsburgh 
> > Ben McMillen 
> > 
> > Tesla list 
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> >> wrote: 
> >> Original poster: "Jim Lux by way of Terry Fritz " 
> >> 
> >> Plexiglas is a trademarked name for acrylic plastic. It doesn't absorb UV,
> >> normal! ly, unless they've added a UV filter to the plastic. FWIW Lexan is
> a 
> >> tradename for polycarbonate. 
> >> 
> >> ----- Original Message ----- 
> >> From: "Tesla list" 
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> >> Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2002 7:08 PM 
> >> Subject: Plexiglass 
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> >> 
> >> > Original poster: "Ben McMillen by way of Terry Fritz " 
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> >> > 
> >> > 
> >> > Hi all, 
> >> > Can anyone tell me the 'off the shelf' name for Plexiglass? I need plexi
> >> > because of its UV absorbing characteristics and I can't find it on 
> >> McMaster 
> >> > Carr's website.. 
> >> > 
> >> > Coiling in Pittsburgh 
> >> > Ben McMillen 
> >> > 
> >> > 
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