Effects of active elements on oxide removal by a vacuum arc

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 31, Issue 5 I, 2003, Pages 983-986

  Takeda, Koichi ^a   Sugimoto, Masaya ^a  

^a AKITA PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alkali metal; Cathode spot; Cleaning; Oxide removal; Surface roughness; Vacuum arc

Indexed keywords

CATHODES; CLEANING; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; OXIDES; SOLUTIONS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; VACUUM APPLICATIONS;

OXIDE REMOVAL RATE; VACUUM ARC;

ALKALI METALS;

EID: 0242323700     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2003.818419     Document Type: Article

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