This impressive tubular ceramic valve is a three gap tetrode, hydrogen filled thyratron. It has a rating of peak current of 3000 Amps at 120 KV.
If used as a switch to a magnetron it can supply a very large pulse power of 360 Mega Watts.
The flying leads connect to the filament/heater.
The wide ceramic tube envelope is 102 mm in diameter and, excluding the flying leads, is 362 mm tall.
This exhibit was last updated on 06 August 2006 |
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