I have mercury dispenser, used in fluorescent lamp. I think that it's safety. I have also a lot of small Ti-Hg "drugs" for plasma displays, but I'm not able to use it. I don't know how to use it. I used liquid mercury, but I hate this method:/.
I can't to tell that Ron is right.
If you want low voltage supply (below 180V) and long life for nixie, you should have the atmospere Ar, Ne and Hg. I have old polish documets about AC and DC-PDP (plasma displays) and there is a lot of informations about good mixtures.

I haven't glass lathe so far, thats why I can't prepare so beautifull glass wafers as Ron:(

Best regards
Alek


W dniu 2012-06-26 15:23, jb-electronics pisze:
Hi,

but where do you get the mercury dispenser? Do you have a source? I am just curious because I searched for it some months ago and did not find any.

But Ron is probably right: Many Nixie tubes neither have getters nor mercury in there, so the bakeout really is the crucial part.

Jens

Mercury + stainless steel cathode are the best combination for the longest lifetime of the tube. Another possibility is to use molybdenum cathode, but it is not easy to obtain (0.1mm shim), I dont know how to etch it, it is quite brittle to work with and difficult to spotweld to lead-in-wires. I will fill mercury by mercury dispenser - metal compound, activated by heating, this procedure relieve the mercury.. Similar to flashing the getters,

Dalibor

2012/6/26 glasslinger <rons...@att.net <mailto:rons...@att.net>>

    Good reason for not using mercury in your tubes! Pick a low
    sputter cathode metal so it isn't necessary. Also, getters are
    not really necessary in tubes operating at nixie tube pressures.
    Just do a good bakeout and you will be fine.

    ron


    On Tuesday, June 26, 2012 5:09:26 AM UTC-7, Dalibor wrote:

        Important info! Thanks for that!

        Dalibor

        2012/6/26 Alek onet <aleksander_zaw...@poczta.onet.pl
        <mailto:aleksander_zaw...@poczta.onet.pl>>

            Flashes getters aren't good for nixie tubes because
            barium mirror exchange mercury vapours to another gases.
            That's why.


            Best regards
            Alek

            W dniu 2012-06-26 09:51, Dalibor Farný pisze:
            Thats exactly what I mean, I will use flashed getter for
            testing - I will disassemble some old TV tube as Ron
            suggested. But I want to use right getter later..

            Do You have any info about your progress on your site?

            Dalibor

            2012/6/26 jb-electronics <webmas...@jb-electronics.de
            <mailto:webmas...@jb-electronics.de>>

                Hi folks,

                the only tube with a flashed getter I know of is the
                XN-1:
                http://www.tube-tester.com/sites/nixie/data/XN1/XN1.htm

                To be honest: I will not use getters at the moment.
                There is so much glasswork to figure out for me,
                that is the part that I will focus on in the next
                months. :-)

                Jens

                Hi Dylan,

                flashed getters are not used in nixies (I havent
                seen it at least), just some VFD tube use flashed
                getters. Flashed getters leave a coating on a glass
                envelope of the tube - we don't want that. I think
                that kind of getter needs only initial activation
                by heat which could be done by induction heating as
                well as in the case of flashed getters. Look to
                IN-14 nixie, there is exactly the same pellet.

                The only matter to solve will be attaching the
                pellet to a wire, but I think that will be possible
                to do by spot welding - inspired by IN-14.

                Thanks,

                Dalibor

                2012/6/26 dylan roelofs <doktorb...@gmail.com
                <mailto:doktorb...@gmail.com>>

                    Hey Dalibor and others-
                       I don't feel that these are the right
                    getters for nixie tubes.
                       The literature lists them as thermally
                    active- they only absorb if you put them
                    somewhere hot.
                       Many styles of getters are made this way;
                    most tubes do run quite hot, beacuse of the
                    filaments..

                       There isn't anywhere in a nixie tube that is
                    constantly 100C-200C. (That's part of the magic
                    of nixies, of course)

                       You really want some flashed barium getters;
                    they absorb gasses at any temperature.

                       -Dylan
                    www.dylankehderoelofs.com
                    <http://www.dylankehderoelofs.com>




                    On Monday, June 25, 2012 11:21:36 AM UTC-7,
                    Dalibor wrote:

                        Hello guys,

                        I've got an offer on getters, tech info
                        attached.. the price is approx. 5pcs/1 eur.
                        Is anyone interested in it? I will place an
                        order in several weeks, I may send some
                        pieces sealed in argon filled tube..

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