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Re: Mercury in Vermont

Posted By: Don Miner
Date: Saturday, 10 February 2007, at 2:08 p.m.

In Response To: Re: Mercury in Vermont (TerryM)

> You want to be a millionaire? Figure out an
> alternative to mercury. It just seems to me
> that with all our technology we could come
> up with something else that would brighten a
> flourescent tube. There was someone making a
> prototype of an electrode that used no
> mercury. I had some samples that I never
> tried and now I can't seem to find them. Did
> anyone here try them and what did you think?
O.K. Here is an idea whose time may be just around the corner, how about devising a way to inject mercury vapor directly into the tube while still on the manifold, just before filling with gas?
Or maybe a mercury vapor flask simliar to the gas flasks we use for argon and neon. What do you think? Don

Messages In This Thread

• Mercury in Vermont -- Dana -- Friday, 9 February 2007, at 9:28 a.m.
  • Re: Mercury in Vermont -- SVP Neon Equipment -- Friday, 9 February 2007, at 1:29 p.m.
    • Re: Mercury in Vermont -- Jay B. Little -- Friday, 9 February 2007, at 1:51 p.m.
      • Incandescent light bulb -- SVP Neon Equipment -- Friday, 9 February 2007, at 5:16 p.m.
    • Re: Mercury in Vermont -- John Anderson -- Friday, 9 February 2007, at 5:52 p.m.
      • Re: Mercury in Vermont -- Don Miner -- Friday, 9 February 2007, at 9:45 p.m.
        • Re: Mercury in Vermont -- SVP Neon Equipment -- Saturday, 10 February 2007, at 3:10 p.m.
      • Re: Mercury in Vermont -- Dana -- Saturday, 10 February 2007, at 5:49 a.m.
        • Re: Mercury in Vermont -- Gavin -- Saturday, 10 February 2007, at 6:44 a.m.
          • Re: Mercury in Vermont -- John Anderson -- Saturday, 10 February 2007, at 11:54 p.m.
      • Re: Mercury in Vermont -- SVP Neon Equipment -- Saturday, 10 February 2007, at 3:09 p.m.
      • Re: Mercury in Vermont -- Dana -- Monday, 12 February 2007, at 10:45 p.m.
  • Re: Mercury in Vermont -- TerryM -- Saturday, 10 February 2007, at 12:12 p.m.
    • Re: Mercury in Vermont -- Don Miner -- Saturday, 10 February 2007, at 2:08 p.m.
      • Re: Mercury in Vermont -- SVP Neon Equipment -- Saturday, 10 February 2007, at 3:14 p.m.
        • Re: Mercury in Vermont -- Dana -- Saturday, 10 February 2007, at 11:18 p.m.
        • Re: Mercury in Vermont -- Don Miner -- Sunday, 11 February 2007, at 12:02 a.m.
    • Re: Mercury in Vermont -- SVP Neon Equipment -- Saturday, 10 February 2007, at 3:12 p.m.
      • On second thought... -- SVP Neon Equipment -- Saturday, 10 February 2007, at 4:08 p.m.
        • Re: On second thought... -- Gavin -- Saturday, 10 February 2007, at 10:09 p.m.
          • Re: On second thought... -- SVP Neon Equipment -- Sunday, 11 February 2007, at 1:41 a.m.
            • Re: On second thought... -- Don Miner -- Sunday, 11 February 2007, at 8:23 p.m.
              • Re: On second thought... -- SVP Neon Equipment -- Sunday, 11 February 2007, at 9:16 p.m.
                • Re: On second thought... -- John Anderson -- Monday, 12 February 2007, at 6:09 p.m.
                  • Re: On second thought... -- SVP Neon Equipment -- Tuesday, 13 February 2007, at 12:52 p.m.
                    • Re: On second thought... -- Don Miner -- Tuesday, 13 February 2007, at 1:16 p.m.
                    • Re: On second thought... -- John Anderson -- Tuesday, 13 February 2007, at 4:03 p.m.
                      • Re: On second thought... -- SVP Neon Equipment -- Tuesday, 13 February 2007, at 4:54 p.m.
                        • Re: On second thought... -- Don Miner -- Wednesday, 14 February 2007, at 1:19 a.m.
                          • Re: On second thought... -- Dana -- Wednesday, 14 February 2007, at 2:35 a.m.

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