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On Wed, 25 Oct 1995, A.Appleyard wrote: > gmiiii@in*.co* wrote (Subject: Re: Gas Blending):- > > ... if you put Neox in your transformer pack, would it glow, or would you > > also need the presence of a light handle that used itself as a cathode? ... > > For neon (or argon) to glow, it must be VERY dilute, and no other gas with it > (i.e. a near vacuum), and put the correct sort of electric current through it. > Then the current knocks electrons out of the neon atoms, and the electrons > emit light as they fall back into their normal orbits round the atoms. I was going to say the same thing, but he beat me to it. RT
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