He had a tube with electrodes potted in it filled with atomic hydrogen. And by applying a voltage, he was able to get the gas to glow.

那是个装满了氢原子并含有电极的管子,通过增加一个电压，他让气体燃烧起来了。

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When we increase the potential between the 2 electrodes that we have in the tube -- we actually split the h 2 into the individual hydrogen atoms, and not only do that, but also excite the atoms.

当我们增大两个电极之间电压,我们有-我们可以把氢气2,分解成单个的氢原子，不仅这样，还能激发原子。

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This is the diagram taken right from your text, there are the two electrodes coming in and this is atomic hydrogen in the gas tube.

这是从教科书上复制下来的图表，这里有两个电极进来,这是气体管中的氢原子。

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