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Where do I get Tungsten welding electrodes?
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Subject: Where do I get Tungsten welding electrodes?
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Date: Tue, 17 Mar 1998 19:10:55 -0600
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From: Jim Lux [SMTP:jimlux@earthlink.net]
Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 1998 10:01 AM
To: Tesla List
Subject: Re: Where do I get Tungsten welding electrodes?
> From: Matthew Mills [SMTP:mattmills@mindless.com]
> Sent: Monday, March 16, 1998 8:18 PM
> To: Tesla List
> Subject: Where do I get Tungsten welding electrodes?
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> Hi I have been reading the posts lately and see that someone recommended
> tungsten tipped welding electrodes to be used for rotary spark gap
> electrodes. I went into a welding supply store the other day and asked
> if they had any of these. All they had were 2% Thoriated (guess that
> means radioactive!) 2.4mm diameter X 120mm long welding electrodes
> (rods) and also 1.6mm diameter of the same length. I guess this is not
> what someone meant. Maybe Malcolm Watts could help me seeing as he and
> I are from the same end of the world (New Zealand).
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> Matt.
Thoriated rods are 98% tungsten and 2% thorium. Mildly radioactive which is
actually good for spark gaps (makes the breakdown characteristics more
consistent).