RCA type 5823 glow-discharge triode
name: label: maker
content: Radio Corporation of America
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A 7-pin glass base with tipped T-shaped envelope. Miniature tube. Stamped: "5823”. Donor’s card reads: “Glow-discharge triode made by the Radio Corporation of America. Cold cathode type for on-off control of low current electrical circuits such as those in electronic computers. Peak anode and starter electrode inverse and forward voltage 200. Peak starter electrode voltage from 73 to 105 positive.” See also: https://www.radiomuseum.org/tubes/tube_5823.html.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from Paul G. Watson
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.324888
label: catalog number
content: 324888
label: accession number
content: 252994
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Electron Tube, Triode
label: Object Name
content: thyratron
label: Other Terms
content: Electron Tube, Triode; Electron Tubes
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 1/8 in x 5/8 in; 5.3975 cm x 1.5875 cm