[AMPS] AMERITRON AL80A

[Bill Turner]

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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