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A Vacuum Diode for Make: Magazine
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TIL the shiny metal coating on top of vacuum tubes is not an X-ray shield, but a reactive coating to scavenge any remaining molecules out of the vacuum.
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You'll find a similar thing in vacuum fluorescent displays as well [0].
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