DocumentCode
1017058
Title
Condensation of Mercury in Mercury-Arc Tubes
Author
Slepian, Joseph ; Brubaker, W.M.
Author_Institution
Associate director of research of Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company, East Pittsburgh, Pa.
Volume
59
Issue
7
fYear
1940
fDate
7/1/1940 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
381
Lastpage
384
Abstract
It is found experimentally that the efficiency of condensation of mercury vapor on cold metal surfaces is quite low. The condensing efficiency of steel surfaces is increased several fold by positive-ion bombardment of the surface. Nickel surfaces condense mercury vapor several times as efficiently as steel. The operation of a high-voltage ignitron rectifier was greatly improved by positive-ion bombardment of the condensing surfaces.
Keywords
Anodes; Electrodes; Glass; Nickel; Rectifiers; Reflection; Steel; Surface contamination; Temperature; Water heating;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
American Institute of Electrical Engineers, Transactions of the
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0096-3860
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/T-AIEE.1940.5058149
Filename
5058149
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