The glassware part is outlined in Strong's "Proceedures in Experimental Physics" as I remember. It takes some skill, but it's not insurmountable.
Best, -John ================= > Lead is slightly radioactive. Presumably the person building the device > would either source the right isotope or just use an existing vapor > container from an old unit. Of course if it was totally scratch built, > I'd > still just buy the right isotope. > > -Bob > > On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 4:18 PM, Rick Karlquist > <rich...@karlquist.com>wrote: > >> J. Forster wrote: >> >> I'd imagine building a Cs unit might be a bit easier than an H MASER, >> but >> > not by much. Certainly a Rb is easier. >> > >> > -John >> >> Other than the "glassware", building an Rb is entirely possible >> in your garage, at least if you are a certifiable time nut. >> This is based on the HP 10816 mini-Rb I worked on circa 1980. >> It would be even easier now. >> >> The glassware is tricky only because you have to work with >> stuff that is more like fused quartz than glass. This is because >> regular glass can't deal with Rb very well. >> >> The other problem for the garage builder is that one of the Rb >> isotopes is slightly radioactive. Probably not OK to have >> in your garage. >> >> Rick Karlquist N6RK >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com >> To unsubscribe, go to >> https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts >> and follow the instructions there. >> > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.