Scandate cathode and methods of making it
US5314364A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 17, 1992 |
| Grant date | May 24, 1994 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 17, 2012 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01J1/28
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
To maintain a monolayer of scandium, which is necessary for a satisfactory emission on the surface of a scandate cathode, at least the top layer of the cathode is provided with a scandium-containing oxidic phase from which Scandium is supplied by segregation of scandium from this oxidic phase.
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