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gas doping of discharge



Subject:  gas doping of discharge
  Date:    Mon, 19 May 97 08:32:00 EDT
  From:    pierson@ggone.ENET.dec.com
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>Simplify the experiment. Instead of trying to fill the whole room
>with argon or whatever, just place a small lecture bottle filled with
>the gas of interest on top of the Tesla coil. Before firing it up,
>adjust the needle valve for a very SMALL amount of gas coming out.
        Would it be easier to leave the bottle at the base, with a non
        conducting tube/pipe to the top?

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Marginally relavant:
When the wireless gys did KW gaps, they sometimes ran the bigger ones
in controlled, non oxygen, atmospheres.  I recall alcohol & water vapor,
for a couple...

        regards
        dwp