[Boatanchors] Flashing the Getter

[jeff]

On Sun, 2005-12-18 at 20:00 -0500, BSugarberg wrote:
> oxygen and nitrogen. After the bulb has been pumped down and sealed, the 
> getter is heated to vaporize or "flash" the barium for maximum dispersion, 
> and "get" any residual gas within the tube."

Just don't get caught flashing the getter in public.  You'll have the
environmentalists AND the `moralists' mad at you.

All seriousness aside, is this the reason it's not environmentally
friendly to manufacture them in the good old USofA?