OK, but how does it reduce sputtering?

> On Mar 8, 2017, at 8:08 AM, Dekatron42 <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Here's one patent: http://google.ch/patents/US3944869 that says:
> 
> "For many years, display devices such as NIXIE tubes have used mercury vapor 
> along with the normal inert gas content to minimize cathode sputtering"
> 
> There are more patents on the use of Mercury and Nixies that tells the same 
> story, I just dug up this one as I know that Burroughs have some patents in 
> this area. There is more to read in other patents, and I think also in some 
> old Burroughs documents, on the effect of Mercury and sputtering.
> 
> /Martin
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