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Offline Doc B.

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on: February 08, 2021, 01:09:34 PM
Those are not "smoked glass tubes" that you are looking at on ebay. The opaque coating is Aquadag - Aqueous Deflocculated Acheson Graphite - colloidal graphite. It's there to reduce the emission of secondary electrons through the glass envelope, which are emitted when high energy primary electrons emitted from the cathode strike a metal part in the tube. 

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Reply #1 on: February 08, 2021, 01:49:39 PM
I used to use a lot of that stuff when at work, but it was called Neolube then.

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Reply #2 on: February 08, 2021, 02:26:59 PM
Thanks Doc! This is really cool info that I was unaware of mainly because I only ever see "smoked glass" in the description of those tubes.

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Reply #3 on: February 09, 2021, 07:32:19 AM
It has been awhile since I had my yellow lab deflocculated. I better get him into the vet!  ;D

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Reply #4 on: February 13, 2021, 04:27:09 AM
WHAT!!!???

I just paid some guy an extra $100 per tube to upgrade them to the smoke finish on the tubes I just bought!

Kidding, but yes I get annoyed with things like that too, especially when they come from the 'experts' selling them.  Good information.


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Reply #5 on: February 13, 2021, 04:46:26 AM
I got another one for you, "Rainbow tubes".

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Reply #6 on: February 13, 2021, 05:03:07 AM
I prefer my sound to be uncolored, thank you very much! ;D


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Reply #7 on: February 13, 2021, 06:58:06 AM
Those rainbow tubes look cool! 

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Reply #8 on: February 13, 2021, 06:23:45 PM
They do look cool, I'd pay extra for that  ;)

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