But they travel MUCH better in places where they aren't running into
things.
Tell ya what... Let's have you test that belief.
Let's do a simple cookbook-style experiment, shall we?
Open up your TV set, and pull the control board off the end of the
picture tube. Probably have to wiggle it a bit - they're usually pretty
tight.
In the middle of the ring of pins on the back of the tube, there's a
little tit of thin glass where they melted it shut after drawing down
the vacuum on it. Use a pair of needlenose pliers or similar to grab
that little tit and bend it until you feel it crack and you hear a hiss,
whistle, whoosh, or some similar "air in fast motion through small
opening" noise.
Once the noise stops, put the plug back on the tube - make sure you
match up the keyway - and fire that puppy up.
Report back on how well it works.
Hint: Before you go destroying your TV set, lemme save you some effort.
It ain't gonna work AT ALL. Electrons CAN travel through air in certain
situations (think lightning - Charge flowing through an ionized channel
of air), but not well. That's why air is generally considered an
insulator. An electron beam is either absorbed or scatttered into
uselessness by collisions with the atoms making up the air and/or any
particles that might be suspended in it.
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