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Originally Posted by Geoff Bourquin
About 25 years ago I was told the problems were caused by gun contamination from the perfume/cosmetics worn by the women who assembled the tubes, and the problem was solved by forbidding such aromatics on workers. I would be interested to know if anyone else has heard this, or was I fed a plateful of guano
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Seems unlikely since the tubes are baked at high temperatures during evacuation, unless it somehow damages the Cathode before they are assembled?