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Tungar bulbs. filament and carbon pellet anode Ionization of the gas reduced the forward on voltage to much lower values than could be achieved in the thermionic diode rectifier tube allowing it to rectify low voltages It was used as low voltage rectifier in devices such as battery chargers until it was replaced by selenium diodes