IIRC Tungsten Rhenium alloy is used for the rotating anode in X-ray tubes. Extremely high melting point. Cheers......Don C.
<https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> Virus-free. www.avast.com <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> On Mon, Nov 30, 2020 at 7:43 PM Mark Sims <[email protected]> wrote: > I once bought a spool of tungsten-rhenium alloy wire on ebay for dirt > cheap. A few weeks later a guy contacted me and offered a lot of money > for it. Turns out they used it to rebuild TWTs. > > -------------------- > > > I wonder what sort of cathode material they use? > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to > http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts_lists.febo.com > and follow the instructions there. > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts_lists.febo.com and follow the instructions there.
