Re: inductive heaters

To: neon-l@netcom.com
Subject: Re: inductive heaters
From: Al Hooton <al@teleport.com>
Date: Sun, 21 Apr 1996 00:22:59 -0700
Reply-To: neon-l@netcom.com
Sender: owner-neon-l@netcom.com

At 08:08 PM 4/18/1996 -0700, Al Hooton wrote:
>        Ahh, I see what you're saying Morgon.  I'm still curious about
>something though (maybe this is a real dumb question, but I'm not
>seeing it): why not process the electrodes before heating up the unit in
>the oven?  Sure, the emitter coating will burn off and the resulting
>particles will leave the emitter and then grab on to the inside surface
>of the tube somewhere.  Will they not ultimately be released when the
>unit is heated in the oven, and everything is then fine?  It would seem
>to me this would have to work, otherwise normal electrical bombarding
>would suffer from the coating particles adhering to the inside of
>the tube when the electrodes are heated up (because the rest of the
>glass is still at approx. 500F degrees, where it would be in the oven).
                           ^^^^^^^^^^^^

        Oops, sorry: I meant 500C degrees, not 500F!


                                                                           
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