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

US4708681A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 6, 1987
Grant dateNov 24, 1987
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Expiry dateMar 6, 2007

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01J9/047
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A long lived high current density cathode is made from a mixture of tungs 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.

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