Re: Golka's Wendover "secret" gap

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Original poster: "" <tesla@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

If this is a serious inquiry, perhaps direct this question to Bill Wysock as he
was there (Wendover) I've seen his 16mm video.  He might be able to shed some
light on this subject.

Cheers,

John & Scottie Cooper
www.Tesla-Coil.com

Quoting Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>:

> Original poster: Davetracer@xxxxxxx
>
> In a message dated 9/27/2005 1:42:23 PM Mountain Daylight Time,
> tesla@xxxxxxxxxx writes:
>  >   I cannot imagine designing a system that continuous exposed SF6
>  > to arcing.  Maybe that is why it was a secret!
>
> There used to be a term for flourine chemists. It was "dead".
>
> This stuff combines so ferociously that it was used to make compounds
> with noble gases!!
>
> I think not talking about it shows extremely good sense. I can't
> imagine getting paid enough to deal with it.
>
> Of course, UF-6 is uranium hexaflouride, and learning how to deal
> with it involved stuff like figuring out seals that would not corrode
> instantly (see also: Teflon). My granddad worked on some of this
> chemistry during WW-II.
>
> Don't ever, ever underestimate flourine. It's killed a lot of bright people.
>
> I'm putting out this warning in case someone does *not* know just how
> nasty this stuff is.
>
>   -- David Small
>
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