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A 'NEON' tube containing helium shows a characteristic ivory-coloured and rather shining positive column. With a trace of air the column assumes a matt appearance of approximately the same colour, while the effect of water vapour is to change it to rose-pink.
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SCARFF, O. Flow Through Very Small Channels. Nature 157, 24 (1946). https://doi.org/10.1038/157024b0
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