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Luc 2 days ago

TIL the shiny metal coating on top of vacuum tubes is not an X-ray shield, but a reactive coating to scavenge any remaining molecules out of the vacuum.

Cyan488 2 days ago | parent [-]

You'll find a similar thing in vacuum fluorescent displays as well [0].

[0]: https://ibb.co/XZHWLD3x