Erosion mechanisms of hafnium cathodes at high current

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1781-1794

  Peters, John ^a   Yin, Fei ^a,c   Borges, Carlos F M ^a,d   Heberlein, Joachim ^a   Hackett, Charles ^b  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

^b Centricut LLC   (United States)

^c Digene Corporation   (United States)

^d VEECO INSTRUMENTS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENT DENSITY; EVAPORATION; HAFNIUM; IONS; MOLTEN MATERIALS; PLASMA TORCHES; SURFACE TENSION;

CATHODE EROSION; CATHODE TEMPERATURE; EROSION PROCESS; MOLTEN SURFACES;

CATHODES;

EID: 21044447916     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/38/11/019     Document Type: Conference Paper

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