Most likely Krypton gas...usually the glass is stained to enhance the green color.
On Fri, Jan 10, 2014 at 12:29 PM, Dalibor Farný <[email protected]> wrote: > What kind of gas produces green colour? > > sent from mobile phone > > Dalibor Farny > www.daliborfarny.com > Dne 10.1.2014 17:41 "Instrument Resources of America" < > [email protected]> napsal(a): > >> If you'd like other colors you can have white with Xenon filled tubes, >> and also orange and green with some of the other gas regulator tubes. Ira. >> >> >> >> On 1/10/2014 8:08 AM, John Smith wrote: >> >> Try some 866 high voltage rectifier tubes...more yummy purple glow.... >> >> On Thursday, January 9, 2014 7:19:37 PM UTC-5, [email protected]: >>> >>> I acquired a few of these for free (not a bad price), and their faint >>> purplish glow doesn't produce much of a "wow" factor to show-off. I was >>> hoping that reverse-polarity would produce more glow; no such luck. Most of >>> the interesting glowing is hidden inside the metallic area of the tube. >>> Even with higher current, the glow was barely affected. It's so dim that it >>> wouldn't even make a decent night-light. >>> >>> Any ideas out there ? >>> >>> Since these aren't rare tubes (yet...), I'm tempted to repeat an >>> experiment I did in high school with a 0A2 regulator tube: I cranked so >>> much current thru it that the plate glowed red-hot, the glass softened and >>> due to the vacuum, and it shrank around the metal. Watching the poor tube >>> shrivel-up and die made me laugh so hard I cried. >>> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "neonixie-l" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/bcc4a8ac-0110-487c-ac3c-2213e2bffe36%40googlegroups.com >> . >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "neonixie-l" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/52D022A2.4050902%40HUGHES.NET >> . >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/neonixie-l/qv4fJAQ-KDc/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all of its topics, send an email to > [email protected]. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/CA%2BnkT5rtF5_jHqkUL2LiPMgCPtsi84wKGZbxrqBmcP0HDiVC%2Bw%40mail.gmail.com > . > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/CAJ2CCegKc9oJxrd1SW7yqiaqTtEN2qGCc%3DetuMU4Q9%2B5mBguog%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
