Analysis of Ya-21u thermionic fuel elements

Nuclear Technology

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 261-269

  Paramonov, Dmitry V ^a,b,c   El Genk, Mohamed S ^a,c,d,e  

^a MSC01 1070   (United States)

^b MOSCOW AVIATION INSTITUTE NATIONAL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^d ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^e University of Alexandria ^*

Author keywords

Effective emissivity; TOPAZ II space nuclear thermionic power system; Work function

Indexed keywords

ELECTRODES; NUCLEAR FUEL ELEMENTS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; THERMIONIC POWER GENERATION;

AIR INCURSION; EFFECTIVE EMISSIVITY; INTERELECTRODE GAP; TOPAZ II POWER SYSTEM; WORK FUNCTION;

SPACECRAFT POWER SUPPLIES;

EID: 0030388314     PISSN: 00295450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NT96-A35282     Document Type: Article

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