• Glow plates are sheets of glass or plastic that "glow" when light is supplied to one of their edges. The light source for a glow plate can be artificial...
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    1 − V GLOW V 1 − V TWN , {\displaystyle f\cong {\frac {1}{R_{1}C_{1}\ln {\frac {V_{1}-V_{\text{GLOW}}}{V_{1}-V_{\text{TWN}}}}}},} where V GLOW {\displaystyle...
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    Plasma globe (redirect from Lightning plate)
    multiple constant beams of colored light (see corona discharge and electric glow discharge). Plasma balls were popular as novelty items in the 1980s. The...
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  • causes the anode ("plate") to overheat and radiate a visible red or orange glow. In consumer electronics, this is universally indicative that the tube is...
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    distortion in the downstream tube. In power amplifiers this can cause the plates to glow red, or current limiting resistors to overheat, even fail. Similar considerations...
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    operated past its design dissipation, its anode (plate) may glow red. In consumer equipment, a glowing plate is universally a sign of an overloaded tube....
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    cathodoluminescence, causes the glass to glow, usually yellow-green. The electrons themselves are invisible, but the glow reveals where the beam of electrons...
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    Ernst Chladni (redirect from Chladni plate)
    sometimes labeled as the father of acoustics, included research on vibrating plates and the calculation of the speed of sound for different gases. He also undertook...
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    049 Engine is a 2-stroke internal combustion glow plug engine. These engines use an electrically heated glow plug to ignite the fuel/air within the cylinder...
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  • Ignition Coil Connector Ignition coil parts Ignition magneto Spark plug Glow plug Engine bay lighting Fog light (also called foglamp) Spotlight Headlight...
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    visualise the spots: Placing the plate under blacklight (366 nm light) makes fluorescent compounds glow[citation needed] TLC plates containing a small amount...
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    lightning, an electric spark, and argon signs; it is named after the ionized air glow produced during electrical discharges. The first recorded use of electric...
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    where their larvae have abundant sources of food. While all known fireflies glow as larvae, only some species produce light in their adult stage, and the...
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  • the outline of the WWE logo and the outline of the belt to go with her "glow" gimmick. When the title became the Women's World Championship in June 2023...
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    glow similar to that of a neon discharge tube. The Kirlians conducted experiments in which photographic film was placed on top of a conducting plate,...
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    supporting the arc. An arc discharge is characterized by a lower voltage than a glow discharge. An archaic term is voltaic arc, as used in the phrase "voltaic...
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    phosphorescent substances which glow on exposure to ultraviolet or visible light, and cathodoluminescent substances which glow when struck by an electron beam...
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    a voltage is applied, glass behind the positive electrode is observed to glow, due to electrons emitted from the cathode (the electrode connected to the...
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  • are designed to meet UL 94 flammability tests as well as Glow Wire Ignition Tests (GWIT), Glow Wire Flammability Test (GWFI) and Comparative Tracking Index...
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    current production 845 tubes have metal plates. The 845 tube has a bayonet mount and thoriated filaments which glow like lightbulbs when powered up. The...
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    eruptive activity was also evident from the decrease in intensity of crater glow and the diminishing volume of lava extruded from the summit. PHILVOLCS Alert...
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    low-voltage neon glow lamps, high-voltage discharge tubes, and neon advertising signs, where it emits a distinct reddish-orange glow. This same red emission...
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  • illuminated by a UV lamp, the northern lights glow turquoise. This coin was the first circulation coin in the world to glow in the dark. Around ten million coins...
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    can yield beautiful post-sunset colors called afterglows and pre-sunrise glows. A number of eruptions, including those of Mount Pinatubo in 1991 and Krakatoa...
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    visible as a thin haze and blurring of distant features, and visible as a dim glow after the sun has set. This was first photographed by the Surveyor program...
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    color of ionized argon gas; it was originally named after the ionized air glow produced during electrical discharges, though its meaning has broadened to...
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    the Lancasters: "Controller to Plate Rack Force: Come in and bomb glow of red target indicators as planned. Bomb the glow of red TIs as planned". The first...
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    single "This Is a Call" was available on 12-inch glow-in-the-dark vinyl, and Luke Vibert also released a glow-in-the-dark 11-inch EP in 2000. In late 2010...
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  • the English Channel. "X-Mas Eve" — The Petes watch Dad open his present (a glow-in-the-dark discus) early and play with it all night. "The Dot" — Ellen is...
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    the image is created by applying electrical signals to the plates which make the phosphor glow. An OLED (organic light-emitting diode) is a light-emitting...
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