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A Vacuum Diode for Make: Magazine
(nickpoole.me)
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luu
3 days ago
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Luc
30 minutes ago
TIL the shiny metal coating on top of vacuum tubes is not an X-ray shield, but a reactive coating to scavenge any remaining molecules out of the vacuum.
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Cyan488
14 minutes ago
You'll find a similar thing in vacuum fluorescent displays as well [0].
[0]:
https://ibb.co/XZHWLD3x
[0]: https://ibb.co/XZHWLD3x