Plücker tube

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Named after Julius Plücker, German physicist.

Noun[edit]

Plücker tube (plural Plücker tubes)

  1. A vacuum tube, used in spectrum analysis, in which the part through which the discharge takes place is a capillary tube, thus producing intense incandescence of the contained gases.
  2. A Crookes tube.
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