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Re: Mercury - playing safely at home
Posted By: Romarrk In Response To: Re: Mercury - playing safely at home (chris.oh)
Date: Tuesday, 19 February 2013, at 7:09 p.m.
> There is NO safe way to use mercury in a
> kitchen. Stick to clear neon units until you
> to can arrange a dedicated space to work.Ok. That is more or less I feel myself.
I plan to try krypton and xenon fill as a safe alternative for cold colors - going to buy raw gases and add transfer valves.
Can anyone around share some experience using them?
Info I found so far from different sources -
- will get limited efficiency, 1/2 to 1/3 of mercury brightness
- nice clean colors with coated tubes
- dim but cool looking discharge in clear tube
- ultimately nice SFX with linear discharges at pressures more than 10mm
- may be used as Ne:Xe mix for economy and better brightness, that is a mix actually used in plasma TVs and special phosphor tubes.
- more bright at low pressures around 1mm and even less, but at price of sputtering.
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