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Ignitron

An ignitron is a type of gas-filled tube used as a controlled rectifier and dating from the 1930s. Invented by Joseph Slepian while employed by Westinghouse, Westinghouse was the original manufacturer and owned trademark rights to the name "Ignitron". Ignitrons are closely related to mercury-arc valves but differ in the way the arc is ignited. They…

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Ignitron

Nodes44
Edges43
Triples29
Avg. degree1.95
Density0.045455
Components1

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Ignitron

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has application · 13
Ignitron → AC, Because, DC, For, Ignitrons, Large, Many, Pulse, Russian, The, The Pennsylvania Railroad's E44, These, They
related to Construction and operation · 4
Ignitron → An, At, Once, The
related to External links · 4
Ignitron → Comprehensive Study, High Power Ignitrons Diana, IgnitronElectropedia, Lynn LoreeSemiconductor
related to Comparison with mercury-arc valve · 3
Ignitron → Although, In, Moreover
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Ignitron → type of gas-filled tube used as a controlled rectifier and dating from the 1930s

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Ignitronis atype of gas-filled tube used as a controlled rectifier and dating from the 1930s0.90text
silicon carbideinstance ofmade of a refractory semiconductor material0.80text
is briefly pulsed with a high current to create a puff of electrically conductive mercury plasmainstance ofmade of a refractory semiconductor material0.80text
silicon controlled rectifiersinstance ofin a manner similar to modern semiconductor devices0.80text
triacsinstance ofin a manner similar to modern semiconductor devices0.80text
Ignitronhas applicationIgnitrons0.60section
Ignitronhas applicationAC0.60section
Ignitronhas applicationDC0.60section
Ignitronhas applicationLarge0.60section
Ignitronhas applicationMany0.60section
Ignitronhas applicationThe Pennsylvania Railroad's E440.60section
Ignitronhas applicationRussian0.60section

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