On Mon, 16 Oct 2000 09:49:56 -0400, Tom Rauch wrote:
>The 3-500Z getters itself through a Zirconium coating on the anode.
>This is the coating that gives the anode a dull powdery gray color.
>Zirconium absorbs different gases at different temperatures, with
>optimum gettering for most gases occurring around 1400 degrees
>C. Optimum absorbing of hydrogen occurs at 350 degrees C.
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Very interesting. Is there a similar effect with the graphite-anode
versions?
73, Bill W7TI
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