Shooting an electron beam through air

2020-09-20

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A special 100nm thick window allows 25 KeV electrons to pass from a vacuum tube to the atmosphere where they hit a fluorescent screen -- a CRT in air!

Shielded GoPro goes through a powerful electron beam: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPMpAR9w-L0

More powerful amateur electron beam in air: https://fusor.net/board/viewtopic.php?t=7828

Deep technical resource on dielectric charging via electron bombardment:

https://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a172204.pdf

Tons of information on industrial e-beam processing: http://iiaglobal.com/uploads/documents/Industrial_Radiation_eBeam_Xray.pdf

KF25 to glass tube quick adapter: https://www.idealvac.com/SWIFT-SEAL-KF-to-Compression-Port-Adapter/pp/P103772

100nm silicon nitride windows: https://www.tedpella.com/grids_html/silicon-nitride-x-ray-windows.htm

More windows: http://www.temwindows.com/category_s/22.htm

Tritium light sources (eBay removed most): https://usa.banggood.com/search/tritium.html

E-beam crosslinking: https://ebeamservices.com/polymer-crosslinking/services/plastic-parts/

KF25 cross $18 on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07CKS3H99

Lightbulb sockets: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07SSYN83Y/

Hysol 1C: https://www.amazon.com/Loctite-HL1373425-1373425-Hysol-1C/dp/B000B631G8

Applied Science on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/AppliedScience