2 Nov
1998
2 Nov
'98
4:13 a.m.
Yes, "getter" is the word.
Spefically, the getter is the wierd looking bit of metal that is near the
silverly coating on the tube, whose job is to get the residual and trapped
gas during manufacture. The keeper is the actual silvery coating, whose
job is to keep the oxygen in a state so it can not get rereleased.
William Donzelli
william(a)ans.net