摘要 |
A tungsten heater, covered with a thin alumina layer (about 1 mil), is potted inside a molybdenum cathode cup in a sintered mass formed from a mixture of fine particles (of the order of 1-5 microns) of molybdenum and nickel in the weight ratio of at least 40 percent molybdenum, but preferably about 90 percent moly. The emissive surface of the cup has a matrix of sintered nickel carbonyl filled with alkaline earth metal emissive oxides. The cup is supported by invar struts.
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