Structure of a Vacuum Tube

Vacuum Tube
  1. ENVELOPE - Lime Glass
  2. SPACER - Mica sprayed with magnesium oxide
  3. PLATE - Carbonized nickel or nickel-plated steel
  4. GRID WIRES - Manganese-nickel or molybdenum
  5. GRID SIDE-RODS - Chrome copper, nickel, or nickel-plated iron
  6. CATHODE - Nickel coated with barium-calcium-strontium carbonates
  7. HEATER - Tungsten or tungsten-molybdenum alloy with insulating coating of alundum
  8. CATHODE TAB - Nickel
  9. MOUNT SUPPORT - Nickel or nickel-plated iron
  10. GETTER SUPPORT AND LOOP - Nickel or nickel-plated iron
  11. GETTER - Barium-magnesium alloys
  12. HEATER CONNECTOR - Nickel or nickel-plated iron
  13. STEM LEAD-IN WIRES - Nickel, dumet, copper
  14. PRESSED STEM - Lead glass
  15. BASE - Bakelite
  16. BASE PINS - Nickel-plated brass


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