I wonder how hard it would be to open up the tube maybe a 3mm Hole, and then try to move the segments with a wire, and reseal the tube.
just a thought.. but getting the right amount and type of glass in would be very difficult. Am Dienstag, 8. März 2016 18:32:50 UTC+1 schrieb Nick: > > > On Tuesday, 8 March 2016 17:21:10 UTC, Jonathan F. wrote: >> >> I have only 5 of them, one has a bottom segmet that illuminate a orange >> cloud around it, possibly touching the grid or the back. I will try to >> smack it. >> >> Btw... what kind of gasses were used in these tubes? At which pressure? >> > > Neon with a small amount of Argon (maybe 5%) and possibly a trace of > Mercury (nearly all later tubes have Hg doping - it almost eliminates > sputtering and thus drastically improves the life of the tube). Pressure is > between 5 & 30 Torr (about 1/25th of an atmosphere). > > HTH > > Nick > -- 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/3a277203-674f-40c3-816e-d67ee2b358fd%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
