Thermionic performance of rhenium emitters

AIP Conference Proceedings

Volumn 746, Issue , 2005, Pages 910-917

  Desplat, Jean Louis ^a  

^a GENERAL ATOMICS   (United States)

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EID: 39749141885     PISSN: 0094243X     EISSN: 15517616     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1867215     Document Type: Conference Paper

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