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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 1982
Filed:
Mar. 11, 1980
Applicant:
Inventor:
Axel Hahndorff, Berlin, DE;
Assignee:
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Berlin & Munich, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J / ; H01J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
313218 ; 3133 / ;
Abstract
An electrode activating compound for a gas discharge tube such as a surge voltage arrester, triggerable gas discharge tubes and flash tubes in which a titanium oxide is used in place of the radioactive thorium oxide. Preferably, the titanium oxide is provided by a reduction of a titanium dioxide with a reducing agent such as BaAl.sub.4 or metallic titanium or by oxidation of a titanium hydride in either an oxidizing atmosphere or with an oxidizing compound.