- An
ignitron is a type of gas-filled tube used as a
controlled rectifier and
dating from the 1930s.
Invented by
Joseph Slepian while emplo**** by Westinghouse...
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August 1955. They were the
first successful production locomotives to use
Ignitron (mercury arc)
rectifier technology.
Although they
proved to be a successful...
- current. The
Ignitron dispenses with
excitation anodes by
igniting the arc each time
conduction is
required to start. In this way,
ignitrons also avoid...
-
tuning meter (obsolete) X-ray tube –
generates x-rays Gas
discharge tube
Ignitron Thyratron Obsolete:
Mercury arc
rectifier Voltage regulator tube Nixie...
- lights.
Specialized gas-filled
tubes such as krytrons, thyratrons, and
ignitrons are used as
switching devices in
electric devices. The
voltage required...
- thyratron.
Variations of the
thyratron idea are the krytron, the sprytron, the
ignitron, and the
triggered spark gap, all
still used
today in
special applications...
- practice.
Gaseous mercury is also
found in some
electron tubes,
including ignitrons, thyratrons, and
mercury arc rectifiers. It is also used in specialist...
-
camera tube
Williams tube Gas-filled
tubes Cold
cathode Crossatron Dekatron Ignitron Krytron Mercury-arc
valve Neon lamp
Nixie tube
Thyratron Trigatron Voltage-regulator...
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camera tube
Williams tube Gas-filled
tubes Cold
cathode Crossatron Dekatron Ignitron Krytron Mercury-arc
valve Neon lamp
Nixie tube
Thyratron Trigatron Voltage-regulator...
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camera tube
Williams tube Gas-filled
tubes Cold
cathode Crossatron Dekatron Ignitron Krytron Mercury-arc
valve Neon lamp
Nixie tube
Thyratron Trigatron Voltage-regulator...
