Bill Turner wrote:
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Wouldn't electrons which "miss" the anode be immediately attracted
back to the outside of the anode? Why would they continue out to the
glass instead of circling back?
Some interesting physics here. Bill, W6WRT
They're moving too fast to circle back in that distance.
We had a discussion about fluorescence in ceramic tubes some time back and I posted a few pictures of GS-35B's glowing in the dark <>. The best explanation was electron bombardment as opposed to soft X-rays. Just not enough voltage to accelerate the electrons enough to generate the X-rays. Most of the pictures were taken with less than 2500 Volts on the anode.
73, Tony W4ZT
