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From: nanook@rwing.UUCP (Robert Dinse)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Has anyone made any homemade valves (tubes), semiconductors ...
Message-ID: <122@rwing.UUCP>
Date: 27 Jul 90 18:38:59 GMT
References: <872@massey.ac.nz> <37291@shemp.CS.UCLA.EDU> <10368@crdgw1.crd.ge.com>
Organization: Totally Unorganized
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Summary: Getters

In article <10368@crdgw1.crd.ge.com>, perley@galaxy (Donald P Perley) writes:
> I'm not sure what is in the getters.. maybe those could be homebrewed
> as well?
> 
     My understanding is a "getter" is magnesium that is "fired" with
microwaves after the tube is evacuated.