Method of making a long lived high current density cathode from tungsten and iridium powders

摘要

A long lived high current density cathode is made from a mixture of tungsten and iridium powders by processing the mixture of powders with an activator into a porous billet, and then impregnating the billet with a chemical mixture of barium oxide, strontium oxide, and aluminum oxide by firing the billet in a dry hydrogen furnace at a temperature at which the impregnant melts.