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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a combination of electrode material effective for improving the service life of a gas discharge device with the kind of gas. SOLUTION: In this gas discharge device equipped with a pair of substrates 3, 8 joined mutually through a prescribed interval for forming a sealed space, ionizable gas filled in the space, and electrodes K formed at least on one substrate 8, for ionizing gas and generating discharge in the space, the gas is mainly composed of xenon, and at least the surface parts of the electrodes K are made of material mainly composed of carbon.
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