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Old 02-11-2010, 11:09 PM
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Originally Posted by andy View Post
I've always thought "ion trap" was a poor name for the magnet on the neck of the CRT because it has nothing to do with trapping ions. The bend, or angled grid, in the neck is the ion trap. The magnet is there to straighten out the electron beam so it will pass through the gun.
Yeah, it's like "shock absorber" which in reality is the rebound damper. The spring is what absorbs shock. Bill(oc)
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