Argon is out.

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• Subject: Argon is out.
• From: Terry Fritz <terryf-at-verinet-dot-com>
• Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1998 20:21:36 -0600
• Approved: terryf-at-verinet-dot-com

Hi All,
	After about a week of experimenting with my argon gap I have concluded
that argon is not a suitable gas for spark gaps.  The gas is too easily
ionized.  It will become resistive at relatively low voltages and when it
does fully fire it seems to have high losses.  The spark output was
consistently very poor.  Firing is very erratic.
	This suggests that there are gasses that would be much better.  The
atmosphere that the spark gap operates in has a very significant effect on
the gap's performance.

	Terry Fritz

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