Re: Spark Gap Gasses Experiment

• To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
• Subject: Re: Spark Gap Gasses Experiment
• From: Jim Lux <James.P.Lux-at-jpl.nasa.gov> (by way of Terry Fritz <terryf-at-verinet-dot-com>)
• Date: Fri, 04 Sep 1998 14:52:23 -0600
• Approved: terryf-at-verinet-dot-com

> 
> This is very interesting!  My argon gap also leaves the copper a clean but
> pink color.  Much like freshly etched copper.  If nitrogen could be used to
> make an inert gap, it would provide a gas which would me much easier to
> find :-))  I believe that you can burn a candle or other flammable
> substance in an enclosed space to remove the oxygen. 
 
This technique (burning something to remove the O2) has been mentioned
before. I don't recall if it was in Craggs & Meek or in Fruengel.

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