TP1-15/20 High Voltage Thyratron Tube
The invention of the thyratron is attributed to Langmuir (1918), while the development of the hydrogen thyratron is attributed to Germeshausen (1948), although as early as 1928, Hull had described the design and operation of noble gas thyratrons.
A thyratron is a type of gas-filled tube used as a high-power modulator switch and controlled rectifier. Thyratrons can handle much higher currents than similar hard vacuum tubes. Electron multiplication occurs when the gas is ionized, creating a phenomenon called Townsend discharge. The gases used are mercury vapor, xenon, neon and hydrogen, unlike the vacuum tube (valve). A thyratron cannot be used to amplify signals linearly.
Product model:
TP1-15/20 High Voltage Thyratron Tube Soviet
OKP Code 63 6422 1122
Country of manufacture: Russia
Price: $120
Application:
Designed to work in rectifiers
Name | Thyratrone |
Model | TPI 15/20 |
Brand | Soviet |
Filament voltage | 4.75 – 5.25V |
Filament current | 22-26 A |
Technical characteristics:
Cathode type | Oxide, indirect heating |
Envelope | glass |
Mass, | 1460 g |
A-C voltage, | 18 V |
Grid voltage, | Minus 15-0 V |
Max. average cathode current, | 15 A |
Max. reverse voltage | 20 KV |
Mesh Voltage amplitude | Minus 500- plus 500 |
The heating time of the cathode | 15 min |
The temperature of the surrounding air | 15-50 |
