File:Braun cathode ray tube.jpg
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English: Drawing of the first cathode ray tube invented by German scientist Ferdinand Braun in 1897. It was a cold cathode tube, developed from the Crookes tube and so did not have a heated filament to produce electrons. Instead it produced electrons by ionization of residual gas in the tube with a high voltage. The tube contains a platinum cathode electrode (right end), an anode electrode consisting of an open tube in the neck to focus the electrons into a narrow beam (center right), a pair of flat deflection plates (center left), and a paper screen (left) painted on the inner side with a fluorescent chemical like zinc sulfide or calcium tungstate. When a high voltage is applied between the cathode and anode, it creates positive ions which are attracted to the negative cathode. When they strike the cathode they knock out electrons (cathode rays) which are accelerated down the tube to the left, through the anode tube, between the deflection plates, and strike the fluorescent screen at the left end, producing a glowing spot. If a second voltage is applied between the deflection plates the electron beam will be repelled by the positive plate and attracted toward the negative plate, so the spot on the end screen will move toward the positive plate. The small curved side tube attached to the neck (right) is called a "softener". The residual air in the tube, necessary for ionization, tended to be absorbed by the walls over time, making the vacuum "harder", so the tube would eventually stop functioning. The softener tube contained a pellet of chemical that would release gas when heated. If the tube stopped producing cathode rays, a flame would be played over the softener tube, releasing gas to "soften" the vacuum so it would work again. |
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Source | Retrieved on 11 October 2013 from Eugen Nesper 1921 Handbuch der Drahtlosen Telegraphie und Telephonie, Julius Springer, Berlin, p. 78, fig. 46 on Google Books |
Author | Eugen Nesper |
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Cathode
Softener
Anode cylinder
Deflection plates
Fluorescent screen, thin paper screen painted on right side with fluorescent chemical
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