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Implosion is a thing, and it's more possible the older a set is. Late 40s electrostatic deflection tubes are thin walled all around (some of the magnetic deflection tubes are too), and if chucked at a solid object should implode. The newer the set generally the better the implosion protection unless they were pushing the boundaries of form factor. An example of this cataract removal is a common process on 60s-70s color tubes the RCA process requires solar heat to happen in ones lifetime....Round tubes and second gen rectangular tubes survive it fine, but the first gen rectangular tubes the 23EGP22 is well documented by several collectors to like spontaneously imploding during the process...
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