Re: Micro SSTC + light bulb = plasma globe. Safe( xrays ) ?

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Original poster: "Jim Lux" <jimlux-at-earthlink-dot-net> 


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Subject: Re: Micro SSTC + light bulb = plasma globe. Safe( xrays ) ?


 > Original poster: "Hydrogen18" <hydrogen18-at-bellsouth-dot-net>
 >
 > Thanks alot for this info. I guess my flash tubes arent argon like I was
 > thinking. Is the gas inside the bulb below or above atmosphere pressure? I
 > am going to leave this thing running for a while and keep my distance to
see
 > if it can actually destroy a bulb.

Flash tubes are usually Xenon at around atmospheric pressure (450 and 900
torr are both fill pressures I've seen in datasheets)

High Pressure Xenon Short Arc (projector lamps) tubes are much higher
pressure (hence the explosion hazard).

There are also flash lamps using Deuterium and Krypton.