Dave, You stirred up a stimulating discussion on the internal workings of the tubes. I've had a bunch of emails asking questions about the tubes. So I'm going to take lots of PIX of a tube disassembly to show what the "guts" look like. I've also received many ideas on how to refill an empty oven. The PIX should also show just how difficult that would turn out to be! Did you ever happen to acquire any knowledge of the gettering "goo" that they painted on the inside walls of the tube? There also seems to be a carbonized piece of bamboo (at least thats what it looks like) about 1/2 inch square on the end cap where the spent beam impacts. Is it really bamboo? Kind of neat if it was, ultra hi tech meets ultra low tech! I'll post the link to the pictures once I get the time to do the cutting. Corby Dawson ____________________________________________________________ Best Weight Loss Program - Click Here! http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/fc/BLSrjpTFoYdpEyTLnv5u5hAnM5AreDHdKxnsWmbVNJaTiJ4L9KieqQeQuis/

Getter material for unused Cs beam should be antimone, according to some documents from the web (NIST and USPTO archives) Predrag Dukic At 01:19 13.9.2009, you wrote: >Dave, > >You stirred up a stimulating discussion on the internal workings of the >tubes. > >I've had a bunch of emails asking questions about the tubes. > >So I'm going to take lots of PIX of a tube disassembly to show what the >"guts" look like. > >I've also received many ideas on how to refill an empty oven. > >The PIX should also show just how difficult that would turn out to be! > >Did you ever happen to acquire any knowledge of the gettering "goo" that >they painted on the inside walls of the tube? > >There also seems to be a carbonized piece of bamboo (at least thats what >it looks like) about 1/2 inch square on the end cap where the spent beam >impacts. > >Is it really bamboo? Kind of neat if it was, ultra hi tech meets ultra >low tech! > >I'll post the link to the pictures once I get the time to do the cutting. > >Corby Dawson >____________________________________________________________ >Best Weight Loss Program - Click Here! >http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/fc/BLSrjpTFoYdpEyTLnv5u5hAnM5AreDHdKxnsWmbVNJaTiJ4L9KieqQeQuis/ >_______________________________________________ >time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com >To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts >and follow the instructions there. > >__________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus >signature database 4419 (20090912) __________ > >The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > >http://www.eset.com

Predrag Dukic wrote: > > Getter material for unused Cs beam should be antimone, according to some > documents from the web > > (NIST and USPTO archives) See US patent 3305290 which is an interesting reading on the subject. Dating back to 1967 practical issues may have changed. Cheers, Magnus