Hi Ron, it should be non-evaporable getter, based on ZrFe compound.. All nixie uses some kind of this getter, no one I have ever seen uses a evaporable (flashed getter) as You use for your experiments. Look on z566m on the back side - there is another type of non-evaporable getter.
I still owe You an email as a reply ;-) Dalibor 2012/6/6 ron <rons...@att.net> > Getter in the gazeotron: > > Dieter: Do you have any info on the pellet getter used in that tube? I > have not seen that kind of getter and would like to know how it works. > No nixie tube making the last week as I was building my gas charging > manifold and vacuum gauge. It's now all done and the fun begins! > Update on the epoxy sealed cat nixie: The cat is still glowing fine! There > is a slight receding of the getter but no white areas. Possibly just > residual outgassing. Remember: this is cheap JB weld epoxy, not the > industrial stuff! I am surprised that it is holding up like this! > > ron (glasslinger) > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "neonixie-l" group. > To post to this group, send an email to neonixie-l@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to neonixie-l+unsubscribe@** > googlegroups.com <neonixie-l%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/** > group/neonixie-l?hl=en-GB<http://groups.google.com/group/neonixie-l?hl=en-GB> > . > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To post to this group, send an email to neonixie-l@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to neonixie-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/neonixie-l?hl=en-GB.