Method of making a long life high current density cathode from tungsten and iridium powders using a low melting point impregnant
US4863410A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 21, 1988 |
| Grant date | Sep 5, 1989 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 21, 2008 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01J9/047
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A long life high current density cathode is made from a mixture of tungsten nd iridium powders by processing the mixture of powders with an activator into a porous billet, and then impregnating the billet with a low melting point impregnant by firing the billet in a dry hydrogen furnace at a temperature at which the impregnant melts.
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