Hi all,

I finally find the book and scanned it, I am going to share it with You, 
but I have to first remove all signs of the library where I borrowed it ;-)
I should not be illegal, it so old book..

I am also preparing a workshop for making nixie tubes at home, I am at the 
same point as Dan, leaking system ;-) You can watch my progress on 
http://dalibor.farny.cz I try to share all info, even sometimes too briefly 
and delayed..

As for the other questions here:

- gas mixture
search for "Penning mixture" - it is called after its inventor Penning (and 
Addink). It is Neon and Argon 0.01 - 1%. More or less argon increases 
breakdown voltage.
- anode material
use stainless steel, 0.2mm thick, photo etching
- cathode material
Cathode material has big influence on breakdown voltage (the same gas 
mixture: Molybdenum cathode 150V, Fe cathode 240V)  I plan to use stainless 
steel 0.1mm thick (316L low carbon, vacuum casted). I disassembled a Z566M 
tube and did some tests on cathodes and I think it is stainless steel, 
Molybdenum would be much brittle and wouldn't melt in 1900C flame as this 
did..

- cathode distance
use the same distance as in commercial tubes, somewhere around 1.5-2mm 
should be OK. more in Weston.

- gas pressure
30-40 torr, higher is better, because it prevents cathode sputtering = 
longer lifetime, but higher pressure also means higher breakdown voltage 
and higher power consumption..

Vladimir, Dan, where are You from guys? I am from Czech Republic..

Dalibor
http://dalibor.farny.cz

Dne úterý, 10. dubna 2012 14:46:12 UTC+2 Dalibor napsal(a):
>
> Hello guys,
>
> I am looking for the book from G.F. Weston, "Cold cathode glow discharge 
> tubes", 1968, but it is (surprisingly) sold out everywhere ;-)
>
> is there someone so kind to provide me a PDF or some other ebook?
>
> Thank You!
>
> Dalibor
>

Dne úterý, 10. dubna 2012 14:46:12 UTC+2 Dalibor napsal(a):
>
> Hello guys,
>
> I am looking for the book from G.F. Weston, "Cold cathode glow discharge 
> tubes", 1968, but it is (surprisingly) sold out everywhere ;-)
>
> is there someone so kind to provide me a PDF or some other ebook?
>
> Thank You!
>
> Dalibor
>

Dne úterý, 10. dubna 2012 14:46:12 UTC+2 Dalibor napsal(a):
>
> Hello guys,
>
> I am looking for the book from G.F. Weston, "Cold cathode glow discharge 
> tubes", 1968, but it is (surprisingly) sold out everywhere ;-)
>
> is there someone so kind to provide me a PDF or some other ebook?
>
> Thank You!
>
> Dalibor
>

Dne úterý, 10. dubna 2012 14:46:12 UTC+2 Dalibor napsal(a):
>
> Hello guys,
>
> I am looking for the book from G.F. Weston, "Cold cathode glow discharge 
> tubes", 1968, but it is (surprisingly) sold out everywhere ;-)
>
> is there someone so kind to provide me a PDF or some other ebook?
>
> Thank You!
>
> Dalibor
>

Dne úterý, 10. dubna 2012 14:46:12 UTC+2 Dalibor napsal(a):
>
> Hello guys,
>
> I am looking for the book from G.F. Weston, "Cold cathode glow discharge 
> tubes", 1968, but it is (surprisingly) sold out everywhere ;-)
>
> is there someone so kind to provide me a PDF or some other ebook?
>
> Thank You!
>
> Dalibor
>

Dne úterý, 10. dubna 2012 14:46:12 UTC+2 Dalibor napsal(a):
>
> Hello guys,
>
> I am looking for the book from G.F. Weston, "Cold cathode glow discharge 
> tubes", 1968, but it is (surprisingly) sold out everywhere ;-)
>
> is there someone so kind to provide me a PDF or some other ebook?
>
> Thank You!
>
> Dalibor
>

Dne úterý, 10. dubna 2012 14:46:12 UTC+2 Dalibor napsal(a):
>
> Hello guys,
>
> I am looking for the book from G.F. Weston, "Cold cathode glow discharge 
> tubes", 1968, but it is (surprisingly) sold out everywhere ;-)
>
> is there someone so kind to provide me a PDF or some other ebook?
>
> Thank You!
>
> Dalibor
>

Dne úterý, 10. dubna 2012 14:46:12 UTC+2 Dalibor napsal(a):
>
> Hello guys,
>
> I am looking for the book from G.F. Weston, "Cold cathode glow discharge 
> tubes", 1968, but it is (surprisingly) sold out everywhere ;-)
>
> is there someone so kind to provide me a PDF or some other ebook?
>
> Thank You!
>
> Dalibor
>

Dne úterý, 10. dubna 2012 14:46:12 UTC+2 Dalibor napsal(a):
>
> Hello guys,
>
> I am looking for the book from G.F. Weston, "Cold cathode glow discharge 
> tubes", 1968, but it is (surprisingly) sold out everywhere ;-)
>
> is there someone so kind to provide me a PDF or some other ebook?
>
> Thank You!
>
> Dalibor
>

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