As Eve alluded to, a neon backfill for processing can help....I've used this with uncoated ruby and it seems to work well......part of why it works is due to the molecular size of neon....it is…

I prefer to have a daylight or warmer light than a cool one. Also, many of us have worked --at one time or another, in a darkened or semi darkened space because it makes the flames more…

Yes, it is building up a bit of a capacitive coupling (the ionized gas in the tube effectively being a plate and the wire effectively being the other plate, with the glass and blockout being a…