Re: Toxic magnetrons?

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Original poster: "Crow Leader" <tesla-at-lists.symmetric-dot-net> 

The pink ceramic in some tubes is not good to breathe as dust (not that any
dust is good to breathe.)

KEN
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Subject: Toxic magnetrons?


 > Original poster: "Scott Hanson" <huil888-at-surfside-dot-net>
 >
 > "Moon" (do you have a name?):
 >
 > Can you elaborate on the "highly toxic pink bead" you referred to?
 >
 > What is the actual material the pink bead is made of?
 >
 > Where is it located in the magnetron?
 >
 > Are you referring to a microwave oven magnetron, or a high power radar
 > magnetron?
 >
 > Regards,
 > Scott Hanson
 >
 > What is the
 > ----- Original Message -----
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 > To: <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
 > Sent: Friday, August 29, 2003 7:14 AM
 > Subject: RE: Is there a magic guass?
 >
 >
 >  > Original poster: "Black Moon" <black_moons-at-hotmail-dot-com>
 >  >
 >  > Ohh, iv played with arcs and magnets, only small ones tho with super
 >  > powerful hard drive neo magnets. Beware the pink bead in a magnatron,
its
 >  > highly toxic...
 >  > neo magnets do cool stuff to arcs
 >  > in a xenon tube, iv made arcs do compleat loops with an external neo
 > magnet
 >  > when arcing to the magnet, i made the arc look like one half of a jump
 > rope
 >  > being spun, every strike would make a bright spot on the magnet, and
the
 >  > next strike was right next to it, not sure why on earth it did what it
 > did,
 >  > but the strikes would spiral around, quite fast (as a flyback is a few
khz
 > ac)
 >  > iv also heard that with a Y tube, and a magnet placed at the joint, you
 > can
 >  > use it to rectify ac by directing the arc down either side of the Y
 >  >
 >  >
 >  > >From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
 >  > >To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
 >  > >Subject: RE: Is there a magic guass?
 >  > >Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2003 20:00:24 -0600
 >  > >
 >  > >Original poster: "Mudford, Chris by way of Terry Fritz
 >  > ><teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <chris.mudford-at-agresearch.co.nz>
 >  > >
 >  > >What is the effect of having a magnet in the vacinity of a streamer?
 >  > >Does it attract or repel it?
 >  > >
 >  > >Building a mot supply has left me with several magnitrons which I've
 >  > >dismantelled and got the magnets out of them.  I wondered about
stacking
 >  > >up several of them and having them where a break out point would be
 >  > >directing the streamer to.  Perhaps it may make the streamer longer,
or
 >  > >it may of course disrupot the ion pathway and diminish streamer
length.
 >  > >
 >  > >Any thoughts or experiences?
 >  > >
 >  > >Cheers, Chris (NZ)
 >  > >
 >  > >-----Original Message-----
 >  > >From: Tesla list [mailto:tesla-at-pupman-dot-com]
 >  > >Sent: Thursday, 21 August 2003 11:27 a.m.
 >  > >To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
 >  > >Subject: Re: Is there a magic guass?
 >  > >
 >  > >
 >  > >Original poster: "BunnyKiller by way of Terry Fritz
 >  > ><teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <bunikllr-at-bellsouth-dot-net>
 >  > >
 >  > >Tesla list wrote:
 >  > >
 >  > > >Original poster: "John by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>"
 >  > > ><fireba8104-at-yahoo-dot-com>
 >  > > >
 >  > > >Seeing how there are "Magic k's" and that coupling is related to
flux
 >  > > >is
 >  > > >there a magic Gauss? Anyone with a hall-effect? I only have a fuzzy
 >  > >idea.
 >  > > >I'm still kind of a newbie.
 >  > > >John
 >  > > >
 >  > > >
 >  > >Hi John...
 >  > >
 >  > >Gauss and flux are somehow interconnected    they are both magnetic
 >  > >(IIRC)
 >  > >
 >  > >I had recieved 2 AWESOME neodynium magnets from ebay ( 2.4X1.6
round...
 >  > >almost impossible to take them apart when accidentally placed together
 >  > >but thats another story)    and I am planning to see what effect they
 >  > >have
 >  > >on streamer "control" they will have. Of course I will use a break-out
 >  > >point to "confine" the streamer but  that will be seen when it is
 >  > >done.....    conjecture and ideas......
 >  > >
 >  > >Ive been doing T- Coils for a few years now ( maybe about 5-6) AND IM
 >  > >STILL
 >  > >A NEWBIE :)
 >  > >especially since all the new stuff has been added ( SSTC etc...)   but
 >  > >hey  thats what keeps this hobby so interesting    just need the time
to
 >  > >
 >  > >play with the new stuff..
 >  > >
 >  > >Scot D
 >  >
 >  >
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