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So I have an old RCA Thyatron tube (model 3C23) I'm using in an art piece as a glowing element. Just feeding maybe 50-60 watts through the anode to make it glow.
My question is, do I have to be worried about UV radiation? I heard somewhere the glass was quartz or borosilicate and blocked it, but I'm not sure.
This might be a reach, but assuming this is a mercury vapor, is there a way to calculate the spectra at a given wavelength given the voltage and current through the gas?
My question is, do I have to be worried about UV radiation? I heard somewhere the glass was quartz or borosilicate and blocked it, but I'm not sure.
This might be a reach, but assuming this is a mercury vapor, is there a way to calculate the spectra at a given wavelength given the voltage and current through the gas?