Characteristics of W-ThO2 thermionic cathode activated with nanoscale oxide

IEEE Transactions on Components and Packaging Technologies

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 455-459

  Zhang, Hui ^b   Yang, Zhimao ^b   Ding, Bingjun ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; HOT PRESSING; MICROSTRUCTURE; SINTERING; THERMIONIC CATHODES; THORIA; TUNGSTEN;

ARC PLASMA; NANOSCALE POWDERS;

ELECTRONICS PACKAGING;

EID: 0033316494     PISSN: 15213331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/6144.796550     Document Type: Article

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