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6783

Inert-gas and mercury-vapor thyratron combining fast starting, wide ambient-temperature operation, and long service life for controlled switching applications.

Directly heatedCold cathodeCommon cathodeDissimilarSpecialized

Sections: 1
Base: -
Socket code: -
Base pins: -
Nominal heater: 2.5 V / 8.5 A

Description

Inert-gas mercury-vapor thyratron combining fast starting, wide ambient-temperature operation, and long life.

General specifications

Tube and section characteristics

Properties common to every published source and operating point.

Heater and base

Base: -
Socket code: -
Base pins: -
Nominal heater voltage: 2.5 V
Nominal heater current: 8.5 A
Parallel heater voltage: -
Parallel heater current: -
Series capable: No

Terminal pinout

Electrical assignments shared by every tube using this base designation.

No verified pinout is recorded for this base designation.

Section ratings

1 physical section, each with unique specifications.

Section 1

Thyratron

X-ray radiationInterelectrode capacitances

Rectifier peak inverse voltage: 2500 V
Rectifier nominal output current: 1.6 A
Rectifier peak forward current: 20 A
Rectifier forward voltage drop: 16 V

Published electrical limits and characteristics promoted from the approved source. Values without an applicable promoted column are retained in TUBE_SECTION_PARAMETER.

Source-dependent data

Operating conditions by source

Each block preserves the test conditions and published values from one reference. Values from different sources are intentionally kept separate.

Data set 01

1947 Westinghouse

Published operating points and test conditions from this source.

SECTION 1

Thyratron

Other

HeaterVoltageNominal
2.5 V
Nominal
HeaterCurrentNominal
8.5 A
Nominal
Maximum Peak Inverse Voltage
2500 V
AverageOrDCOutputCurrent
1.6 A
MaximumPeakForwardCurrent
20 A
Peak Forward Anode Voltage
2500 V
General control service

Characteristic

Forward Voltage Drop
16 V
Heating Time
10 s
Ionization Time Approximate
10 us
Deionization Time Approximate
1000 us